138Transitional regulations

138 Transitional regulations (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 the **Building Legislation Amendment (Buyer Protections) Act 2025** (including the repeals and amendments made by that Act). (2) Regulations made under this section may— (a) have a retrospective effect to a day on or after the day on which the **Building Legislation Amendment (Buyer Protections) Act 2025** receives the Royal Assent; and (b) be of limited or general application; and (c) leave any matter or thing to be decided by a specified person or class of person; and (d) provide for the exemption of persons or things or classes of persons or things from any of the regulations made under this section. (3) Regulations made under this section have effect despite anything to the contrary in any Act (other than this Act 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 (4) This section is **repealed** on the second anniversary of the day on which it comes into operation. Pt 7 (Heading and ss 136–156) repealed by No. 74/2000 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 37.3). Pt 8 (Heading and ss 157–168) amended by No. 52/1998 s. 44, repealed by No. 28/2007 s. 3(Sch. item 17). Pt 9 (Heading and s. 169) repealed by No. 17/1999 s. 30(2)(b). Schedules Sch. 1 amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), repealed by No. 52/1998 s. 45, new Sch. 1 inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 12, amended by No. 91/1995 Sch. 1 cl. 4(5). Schedule 1—Transitional provisions 1 Commencement day In this Schedule, ***commencement day*** means the day on which Part 2 of the **Building Legislation Amendment (Consumer Protection) Act 2016** comes into operation. 2 Complaints and conciliation (1) This Act as in force immediately before the commencement day continues to apply in relation to any complaint made to the Director under Part 3A before the commencement day. (2) For the purposes of subclause (1), the **Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998** applies as if the amendments made by Division 2 of Part 2 of the **Building Legislation Amendment (Consumer Protection) Act 2016** had not been made. 3 Assessors and examinations Part 4, as in force before its substitution by