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6Transitional provisions for repeal of Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act 1961
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6 Transitional provisions for repeal of Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act 1961
(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
(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**.[[1]](#endnote-1)
Sch. 4 cl. 8 repealed by No. 3/2025 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 1.2).
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.
(2) In this clause, ***commencement day*** means the day on which section 236 of the new Act comes into operation.