192Transitional regulations—Consumer and Planning Legislation Amendment (Housing Statement Reform) Act 2025

192 Transitional regulations—Consumer and Planning Legislation Amendment (Housing Statement Reform) Act 2025 (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 5 of the **Consumer and Planning Legislation Amendment (Housing Statement Reform) Act 2025**, 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 **Consumer and Planning Legislation Amendment (Housing Statement Reform) Act 2025** 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 5 of the **Consumer and Planning Legislation Amendment (Housing Statement Reform) Act 2025** 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 (4) This section is **repealed** on the second anniversary of its commencement. Schedules Schedule 1—Savings and transitional provisions Part 1—Preliminary 1 Definitions In this Schedule— ***application period*** means the period ending 3 months after the commencement day or such longer period as is prescribed; ***commencement day*** means the day on which section 8 of this Act comes into operation; ***conveyancer*** and ***conveyancing work*** have the same meanings respectively as in section 7.1.1 of the **Legal Profession Act 2004** as in force before the commencement day; ***determination period***, in relation to an application for a full licence or a provisional licence, means the period beginning on the day on which the application is received by the Authority and ending when the application is finally determined; ***full licence*** means a licence granted under this Act, other than a provisional licence; ***provisional licence*** means a provisional licence granted in accordance with Division 3 of Part 2 of this Schedule. 2 General transitional provisions (1) Except where the contrary intention appears, this Schedule does not affect or take away from the **Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984**. (2) Without limiting subclause (1), nothing in Part 2 of this Schedule limits the operation of section 13 of the **Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984**. (3) If a provision of the **Legal Profession Act 2004** continues to apply by force of this Schedule, the following provisions also continue to apply in relation to the provision— (a) any other provisions of the **Legal Profession Act 2004** necessary to give effect to that continued provision; (b) any regulation made under the **Legal Profession Act 2004** for the purposes of that continued provision. 3 Savings and transitional regulations (1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings and transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act and the repeal of Part 7.1 of the **Legal Profession Act 2004**. (2) Regulations under this clause may have retrospective effect to a day on or after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent. (3) Regulations under this clause have effect despite anything to the contrary in any Act (other than this Act) or in any subordinate instrument. Part 2—Licences for existing conveyancers Division 1—Application of Act 4 Application of Act during application period (1) This Act does not apply during the application period to or in respect of a person who, immediately before the commencement day, carried on business as a conveyancer. (2) Despite its repeal, Part 7.1 of the **Legal Profession Act 2004** continues to apply during the application period to a person who, immediately before the commencement day, carried on business as a conveyancer. Division 2—Full licences 5 Application of Act during determination period (1) This Act (except Part 1, Divisions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Part 2 and sections 179, 180, 181, 184 and 187) does not apply during the determination period to or in respect of the conveyancing business of a person who— (a) has applied under Part 2 of this Act for a full licence before the end of the application period; and (b) immediately before the commencement day carried on business as a conveyancer. (2) Despite its repeal, Part 7.1 of the **Legal Profession Act 2004** continues to apply during the determination period to a person who has made an application in accordance with subclause (1). Division 3—Provisional licence 6 Existing conveyancer may apply to Authority for provisional licence Sch. 1 cl. 6(1) amended by No. 17/2007 s. 30. (1) A natural person may apply to the Authority for a provisional licence at any time before the end of the application period if the person— (a) has at least 12 months' full-time, or equivalent part-time, experience— (i) in working as a conveyancer; or (ii) in carrying out conveyancing work in the course of employment with a conveyancer or with an Australian legal practitioner or an incorporated legal practice; and (b) carried on business as a conveyancer before the commencement day. (2) Despite clause 4(1), this Act applies to an application for a provisional licence and the determination of that application, and so applies— (a) as if the application were an application for a full licence; and (b) as if any reference to the competency qualifications and work experience required under section 12 of this Act were a reference to the experience referred to in subclause (1)(a). 7 Application of Act during determination period (1) Except as provided in clause 6(2), this Act does not apply during the determination period to or in respect of the conveyancing business of an applicant for a provisional licence. (2) Despite its repeal, Part 7.1 of the **Legal Profession Act 2004** continues to apply during the determination period to an applicant for a provisional licence.