Victorian Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW AND FAIR TRADING ACT 2012 (NO. 21 OF 2012) - SCHEDULE 4

SCHEDULE 4

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Section 237

SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

        1     Definitions

In this Schedule—

"new Act" means the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 ;

"old Act" means the Fair Trading Act 1999 as in force immediately before the day on which section 233 of the new Act comes into operation.

        2     General transitional provisions

    (1)     This Schedule does not affect or take away from the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 .

    (2)     Without limiting subclause (1), in declaring that certain provisions of the new Act are to be treated as re-enacting with modifications certain provisions of the old Act, this Schedule must not be taken—

        (a)     to be an exhaustive list of the provisions of the old Act re-enacted by the new Act; or

        (b)     to limit the operation of any provision of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 relating to the re-enactment.

    (3)     This Schedule applies despite anything to the contrary in any other provision of the new Act.

Note

See in particular sections 14 and 16 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 .

        3     Superseded references

    (1)     On and from the commencement day, a reference to the old Act in any Act (other than this Act), or in any instrument made under any Act or in any other document of any kind, must be read as a reference to the new Act unless the context otherwise requires.

    (2)     In this clause, "commencement day" means the day on which section 233 of the new Act comes into operation.

        4     Re-enacted provisions
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A provision or provisions of the old Act specified in Column 1 of the Table is to be taken to be re-enacted (with modifications) by the provision or provisions of the new Act appearing opposite in Column 2 of the Table.

Old Act provision	New Act provision
Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Section 9 Section 10 Section 11 Section 12 Section 13 Section 14 Section 15 Section 16 Section 17 Section 18	Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Section 9 Section 10 Section 11 Section 12 Section 13 Section 14 Section 15 Section 16 Section 17

Old Act provision	New Act provision
Section 19 Section 20 Section 21 Section 22 Section 32FA Section 32N Section 32NA Section 32OA Section 32P Section 32PA Section 32Q Section 32QA Section 32R Section 32RA Section 32SA Section 32T Section 32TA Section 32ZF Section 32ZG Section 32ZH Section 32ZI Section 32ZJ Section 32ZK Section 32ZL Section 32ZM Section 32ZN Section 32ZO	Section 18 Section 19 Section 20 Section 21 Section 31 Section 22 Section 23 Section 24 Section 25 Section 26 Section 27 Section 28 Section 29 Section 30 Section 32 Section 33 Section 34 Section 35 Section 36 Section 37 Section 38 Section 39 Section 40 Section 41 Section 42 Section 43 Section 44

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Old Act provision	New Act provision
Section 93AB Section 93AC Section 93AD Section 93AE Section 93AF Section 93AG Section 93AH Section 93AI Section 93AJ Section 93AK Section 93AL Section 93AM Section 93AN Section 93AO Section 93AP Section 93AQ Section 93AR Section 93AS Section 93AT Section 93B Section 93C Section 93D Section 93F Section 93G Section 93H Section 93I Section 93J	Section 81 Section 82 Section 83 Section 84 Section 85 Section 86 Section 87 Section 88 Section 89 Section 90 Section 91 Section 92 Section 93 Section 94 Section 95 Section 96 Section 97 Section 98 Section 99 Section 78 Section 79 Section 80 Section 47 Section 48 Section 49 Section 50 Section 51

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Old Act provision	New Act provision
Section 93K Section 93L Section 93M Section 93N Section 94 Section 95 Section 96 Section 97 Section 98 Section 99 Section 100(1) Section 100(2) Section 101 Section 102 Section 102B Section 102C Section 102D Section 102E Section 103 Section 104 Section 105 Section 106 Section 106AA Section 106AB Section 106B Section 106D Section 106E	Section 52 Section 53 Section 45 Section 46 Section 138 Section 139 Section 140 Section 141 Section 107 Section 108 Section 109 Section 110 Section 111 Section 112 Section 134 Section 135 Section 136 Section 137 Section 113 Section 114 Section 115 Section 116 Section 117 Section 118 Section 119 Section 120 Section 121

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Old Act provision	New Act provision
Section 106F Section 106G Section 106H Section 106HA Section 106I Section 106J Section 106K Section 106L Section 106M Section 106N Section 106O Section 106P Section 107 Section 107A Section 108 Section 109 Section 110 Section 111 Section 112 Section 112A Section 112B Section 113 Section 113A Section 114 Section 115 Section 116 Section 117(1) to (3)	Section 122 Section 123 Section 124 Section 125 Section 126 Section 127 Section 128 Section 129 Section 130 Section 131 Section 132 Section 133 Section 182 Section 183 Section 184 Section 185 Section 186 Section 187 Section 188 Section 189 Section 190 Section 191 Section 192 Section 142 Section 143 Section 144 Section 145

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Old Act provision

New Act provision

Section 117(4) Section 117(5) to (7) Section 118 Section 119(1) Section 119(2) Section 119(3) to (6) Section 120 Section 121(1) Section 121(2) to (6) Section 121A Section 122 Section 123 Section 124 Section 125 Section 126 Section 126A Section 126B(1) and (2) Section 126B(3) and (4) Section 126B(5) and (6) Section 127 Section 128 Section 129 Section 129A Section 130 Section 131 Section 132 Section 133

Section 146 Section 147 Section 148 Section 149 Section 150 Section 151 Section 152 Section 153 Section 154 Section 155 Sections 157 and 158 Section 159 Section 160 Section 161 Section 162 Section 156 Section 163 Section 164 Section 165 Section 166 Section 167 Section 168 Section 174 Section 175 Section 177 Section 169 Section 170

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Old Act provision	New Act provision
Section 134 Section 135 Section 136 Section 137 Section 138 Section 139 Section 140 Section 141 Section 142 Section 142A Section 143 Section 144 Section 145 Section 146 Section 147 Section 148 Section 149 Section 149A Section 150 Section 151 Section 151A Section 151B Section 151C Section 152 Section 152A Section 153 Section 153A	Section 171 Section 172 Section 173 Section 176 Section 178 Section 179 Section 180 Section 181 Section 193 Section 194 Section 195 Section 196 Section 197 Section 198 Section 199 Section 200 Section 201 Section 202 Section 203 Section 204 Section 205 Section 206 Section 207 Section 208 Section 209 Section 210 Section 211

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Old Act provision	New Act provision
Section 154 Section 155 Section 156 Section 157 Section 158 Section 159 Section 160 Section 160A Section 160B Section 160C Section 160D Section 160E Section 160F Section 160G Section 160H Section 161A Section 162A Section 163A Section 163B Section 164 Section 165 Schedule 1A	Section 212 Section 213 Section 214 Section 215 Section 216 Section 217 Section 218 Section 219 Section 220 Section 221 Section 222 Section 223 Section 224 Section 225 Section 226 Section 227 Section 228 Section 229 Section 230 Section 231 Section 232 Schedule 2

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        5     Savings—Fair Trading (Information Standard) (Australian Builders Plate Standard) Regulations 2009

Despite the repeal of sections 47 and 165(1)(a) of the Fair Trading Act 1999 by the Fair Trading Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act 2010 , the Fair Trading (Information Standard) (Australian Builders Plate Standard) Regulations 2009—

        (a)     subject to paragraph (b), continue in operation and may be amended or revoked as if those sections remained in force; and

        (b)     are revoked on the coming into operation of section 102 of the Marine Safety Act 2010 .

        6     Transitional provisions for repeal of Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act 1961
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    (1)     In this clause—

"commencement day" means the day on which section 234 of the new Act comes into operation;

"former Act" means the Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act 1961 as in force immediately before the commencement day.

    (2)     This clause applies despite section 56(1) and the repeal of the former Act.

    (3)     If, under section 3 of the former Act, a person has given notice of an intention to sell goods, the former Act continues to apply to those goods.

    (4)     If section 3A or 3B of the former Act applies to uncollected goods, the receiver may elect to dispose of those goods in accordance with Part 4.2 of this Act.

    (5)     Despite the repeal of the former Act, a person who has disposed of uncollected goods under that Act is still required to keep the records required by section 5 of that Act until the expiry of the period specified in that section in relation to those goods.

    (6)     Despite the repeal of the former Act, if an action to reopen a transaction under section 13 of that Act began before the commencement day that section will continue to apply to that action.

        7     Transitional provision for Part 4.2
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    (1)     For the purposes of section 63, a certificate issued under section 24 of the Chattel Securities Act 1987 is taken to be a written search result under section 170(2)(b) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 of the Commonwealth.

    (2)     Subclause (1) expires on the commencement of section 5 of the Personal Property Securities (Statute Law Revision and Implementation) Act 2010 .

        8     Transitional provision for repeal of Carriers and Innkeepers Act 1958

    (1)     A notice in accordance with the Fourth Schedule to the Carriers and Innkeepers Act 1958 as in force immediately before the commencement day, displayed in accordance with Part 5.2 of this Act, is taken, for a period of one month after the commencement day, to be the notice set out in Schedule 3 to this Act.

    (2)     In this clause, "commencement day" means the day on which section 235 of the new Act comes into operation.

        9     Transitional provision for repeal of Part IVA of Landlord and Tenant Act 1958

    (1)     Part IVA of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1958 continues to apply at the end or other determination of a lease of premises to which that Part applied immediately before the commencement day.
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    (2)     In this clause, "commencement day" means the day on which section 236 of the new Act comes into operation.

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