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COVID-19 RESPONSE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY OMNIBUS ACT 2020 - SECT 11

11 .         Validation of reductions, waivers and refunds

        (1)         In this section —

        validation period means the period —

            (a)         beginning on 1 April 2020; and

            (b)         ending on the last day of the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this section comes into operation.

        (2)         Any fee or charge under a relevant Act purportedly reduced, waived or refunded during the validation period is taken to be, and to have always been, validly reduced, waived or refunded.

        (3)         Anything done, or purportedly done, as a result or consequence of, or in reliance on or in relation to, a reduction, waiver or refund validated under subsection (2) (a validated reduction, waiver or refund ) is as valid and effective, and is taken to have always been as valid and effective, as it would have been if the validated reduction, waiver or refund had been valid at the time the thing was done or purportedly done.

        (4)         For the purposes of subsection (2), the relevant Acts are —

            (a)         the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 ; and

            (b)         the Auction Sales Act 1973 ; and

            (c)         the Building Services (Registration) Act 2011 ; and

            (d)         the Co-operatives Act 2009 ; and

            (e)         the Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 ; and

            (f)         the Debt Collectors Licensing Act 1964 ; and

            (g)         the Electricity Act 1945 ; and

            (h)         the Employment Agents Act 1976 ; and

                  (i)         the Gas Standards Act 1972 ; and

            (j)         the Government Railways Act 1904 ; and

            (k)         the Jetties Act 1926 ; and

            (l)         the Land Valuers Licensing Act 1978 ; and

            (m)         the Limited Partnerships Act 2016 ; and

            (n)         the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 ; and

            (o)         the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act 1973 ; and

            (p)         the Motor Vehicle Repairers Act 2003 ; and

            (q)         the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 ; and

            (r)         the Plumbers Licensing Act 1995 ; and

            (s)         the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 ; and

            (t)         the Real Estate and Business Agents Act 1978 ; and

            (u)         the Settlement Agents Act 1981 ; and

                  (v)         the Shipping and Pilotage Act 1967 .

[Subdivision 1 (s. 12-17) ceased to have effect at end of 31 Dec 2022 1, 3 .]



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