Div 23Transitional provisions

Division 23 — Transitional provisions

151. Commissioner for Fair Trading

(1) On commencement, the person holding the office of Commissioner for Fair Trading immediately before commencement is to be taken to have been designated as the Commissioner or Registrar (as the case requires) for the purposes of each of the following enactments —

(a) the Associations Incorporation Act 1987;

(b) the Business Names Act 1962;

(c) the Chattel Securities Act 1987;

(d) the Companies (Co‑operative) Act 1943;

(e) Part 8 of the Competition Policy Reform (Western Australia) Act 1996;

(f) the Consumer Affairs Act 1971;

(g) the Co‑operative and Provident Societies Act 1903;

(h) the Credit Act 1984;

(i) the Credit (Administration) Act 1984;

(j) the Employment Agents Act 1976;

(k) the Hire‑Purchase Act 1959;

(l) the Limited Partnerships Act 1909;

(m) the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act 1973;

(n) the Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1983;

(o) the Petroleum Retailers Rights and Liabilities Act 1982;

(p) the Residential Tenancies Act 1987;

(q) the Retirement Villages Act 1992;

(r) the Travel Agents Act 1985.

(2) A thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner for Fair Trading (including in his or her capacity as the Prices Commissioner) before commencement under a provision of the Consumer Affairs Act 1971 for the purposes of another enactment listed in subsection (1) has the same effect after commencement, to the extent that it has any force or significance after commencement, as if it had been done or omitted —

(a) by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner or Registrar (as the case requires) as defined in that other enactment as in force after commencement; and

(b) where relevant, under the corresponding provision of that other enactment as in force after commencement.

(3) To the extent that a thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner for Fair Trading (including in his or her capacity as the Prices Commissioner) before commencement under, or for the purposes of, an enactment listed in subsection (1) is not covered by subsection (2), it has the same effect after commencement, to the extent that it has any force or significance after commencement, as if it had been done or omitted by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner or Registrar (as the case requires) as defined in that enactment as in force after commencement.