Agency:
Business Affairs Office
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1991
End Date:
31 Dec 2001
Description:
When responsibility for the regulation of companies and the securities industry was transferred to the Commonwealth, the Tasmanian Corporate Affairs Office ceased to exist. The Business Affairs Office was established to perform the registration functions that remained with the State. The Office was located administratively within the Registration Division of Justice and its head used the title Assistant Commissioner for Corporate Affairs. During the 1980s and early 1990s the remaining Friendly Societies in Tasmania were gradually wound up. The Tasmanian Office of Financial Supervision (TOFS) was established in August 1992 to register and supervise State banking, insurance and superannuation institutions. Responsibility for residual matters relating to Friendly Societies was later transferred to Treasury. In 1999 Business Affairs merged with Consumer Affairs to create the Office of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading. In 2001 Business Affairs ceased to exist as a seperate Branch within the Office.
Legislation Administered:
Associations Incorporation Act 1964, ANZ Banking Group Act 1970, Bank of Adelaide (Merger) Act 1980, Bills of Sale Act 1900, Boy Scouts Association Act 1954, Business Names Act 1962, Commercial Bank of Australia Limited (Merger) Act 1982, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited (Merger) Act 1982, Commissioner for Corporate Affairs Act 1980, Cooperative Industrial Societies Act 1928, Girl Guides Association Act 1957, Hobart Gas Company Acts 1854, 1857 and 1957, Launceston Gas Company Act, 1859, 1885 and 1982, Limited Partnerships Act 1908, Partnership Act 1891, Printers and Newspapers Act 1911, Stock, Wool and Crop Mortgages Act 1930, Trades Unions Act 1889, Trustee Act 1898, Trustee Companies Act 1953
Legislation Creating:
Administrative action.
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
Administrative action.
Controlling Agencies:
Department of Justice (1) (TA921) | 17 Jul 1989 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Department of Justice and Industrial Relations (TA1535) | 18 Sep 1998 | 01 Feb 2004 |
Department of Justice (2) (TA1646) | 02 Feb 2004 |
Previous Agencies:
Corporate Affairs Office (TA729) | 26 Mar 1979 | 31 Dec 1990 |
Related Agencies:
Tasmanian Office of Financial Supervision (TA1605) | 07 Aug 1992 | 01 Jul 1999 |
Subsequent Agencies:
Office of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading (TA1745) | 24 Nov 1999 | 01 Jul 2015 |
Series Created By Agency:
SC338 Documents concerning the Registration of Friendly Societies | 01 Jan 1860 | 15 Apr 1999 |
SC361 Alphabetical Registers of Bills of Sale under the Bills of Sale Registration Acts 1867 and 1900. | 20 Jun 1867 | 31 Dec 1993 |
SC531 Documents concerning Registration of Building Societies | 08 Oct 1888 | 23 Jun 1999 |
SC331 Company Files | 01 Jan 1921 | 13 Jan 1999 |
SC537 Register of Businesses under the Business Names Act 1962. | 01 Jan 1962 | 03 Sep 1993 |