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Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012
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56 Application
(1) This Part applies to the possession of goods under a bailment regardless of whether possession was taken before or after the commencement of this Part.
(2) This Part does not apply to—
(a) goods left behind at the end of a tenancy to which the **Residential Tenancies Act 1997** applies;
(b) unsolicited goods;
(c) second-hand goods received in pawn under the **Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989**;
S. 56(2)(d) substituted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 6.3).
(d) any unclaimed property to which section 57 of the **Victoria Police Act 2013** applies;
(e) any unclaimed non-monetary prize to which section 7.4.12 of the **Gambling Regulation Act 2003** applies;
(f) any goods or lost property within the meaning of section 251A of the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983**;
(g) any vehicle that is able to be moved or impounded under clause 4 of Schedule 4 to the **Road Management Act 2004**;
(h) any goods that are the subject of an order for forfeiture to which section 134 of the **Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982** applies;
(i) any goods seized to which section 171 of the **Gene Technology Act 2001** applies;
(j) any motor vehicle not collected or released to which section 84Z of the **Road Safety Act 1986** applies;
(k) any unclaimed property to which section 16 of the **National Gallery of Victoria Act 1966** applies;
(l) any unclaimed property to which section 51 of the **Libraries Act 1988** applies;
(m) any unclaimed property to which section 25 of the **Museums Act 1983** applies;
(n) any goods forfeited or recovered by the Magistrates' Court of Victoria to which section 137 of the **Magistrates' Court Act 1989** applies;
(o) uncollected goods under any other Act that is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.
(3) Subject to the exclusions in subsection (2), this Part applies in addition to any other remedy or right that may be available to dispose of uncollected goods under any other Act.
(4) This Part applies to the disposal of uncollected goods—
(a) if there is no agreement between the provider and the receiver about their disposal; or
(b) if there is an agreement about their disposal, only in respect of matters not dealt with by the agreement.
(5) This Part does not apply to a lease or other agreement to which Part IVA of the **Landlord and Tenant Act 1958** applied immediately before the commencement of section 236 of this Act.
(6) For the avoidance of doubt, this Part does not affect the right of a provider and receiver to make an agreement about the disposal of uncollected goods.