Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsAfter Part 14 of the Owners Corporations Act 2006 insert —
In this Part—
amending Act means the Consumer and Planning Legislation Amendment (Housing Statement Reform) Act 2025;
"commencement day" means the day on which Division 1 of Part 4 of the amending Act commences.
(1) A natural person who is registered as a manager under Part 12 before the commencement day must complete any courses or examinations prescribed for the purposes of section 179 by 30 June 2027.
(2) Despite the amendments to section 179 by the amending Act, a natural person who applies for registration as a manager under Part 12 on or after the commencement day and until 30 June 2027 is not ineligible to be registered under that Part merely because the person has not completed any courses or examinations prescribed for the purposes of section 179.
(3) A natural person who is first registered as a manager under Part 12 on or after the commencement day and until 30 June 2027 must complete any courses or examinations prescribed for the purposes of section 179(e) on or before 30 June 2027.
(4) A natural person who is registered as a manager under Part 12 before 30 June 2027 must give the Business Licensing Authority evidence of completion of any courses or examinations required under subsection (1) or (3) on or before 1 August 2027.
(5) The Business Licensing Authority may suspend or cancel the registration of a natural person if the person has not completed any courses or examinations prescribed for the purposes of section 179 on or before 30 June 2027.
(6) Despite the amendments made to Part 12 by Division 1 of Part 4 of the amending Act, a corporate manager who is registered under Part 12 before 30 June 2027 is not required to appoint an officer in effective control until 1 August 2027.
(7) Despite the amendments made to Part 12 by Division 1 of Part 4 of the amending Act, an officer in effective control that is appointed by a corporate manager referred to in subsection (6) is not required to apply to be registered as an officer in effective control under Part 12 until 1 August 2027.
(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations containing provisions of a transitional nature, including matters of an application or savings nature, arising as a result of the enactment of Part 4 of the amending Act, including any repeals and amendments made as a result of the enactment of that Part.
(2) Regulations made under this section may—
(a) have a retrospective effect to a day that is not before the day on which the amending Act receives the Royal Assent; and
(b) be of limited or general application; and
(c) differ according to time, place or circumstance; and
(d) leave any matter or thing to be decided by a specified person or class of person.
(3) Regulations under this section have effect despite anything to the contrary in any Act (other than Part 4 of the amending Act or the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 ) or in any subordinate instrument.
(4) This section is repealed on the second anniversary of its commencement.".
Part 5—Amendment of Conveyancers Act 2006