Hire-Purchase Act 1959
Div 23Transitional provisions
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Division 23 — Transitional provisions
[151. Deleted: No. 58 of 2010 s. 184.]
- Commissioner for Corporate Affairs and Registrar of Co‑operative and Financial Institutions
(1) A thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs before commencement under, or for the purposes of, the Companies (Co‑operative) Act 1943 has the same effect after commencement as if it had been done or omitted by, to or in relation to, the Registrar as defined in that Act as in force after commencement.
(2) A thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Registrar of Co‑operative and Financial Institutions before commencement under, or for the purposes of, the Co‑operative and Provident Societies Act 1903 has the same effect after commencement as if it had been done or omitted by, to or in relation to, the Registrar as defined in that Act as in force after commencement.
- Consumer Affairs Act 1971
Each office in existence immediately before commencement because of section 15(1) of the Consumer Affairs Act 1971 does not cease merely because that subsection is repealed by this Act.
- Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1983
Each office in existence immediately before commencement because of section 5(2)(b) of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1983 does not cease merely because that paragraph is deleted by this Act.
- Interpretation
In this Division —
commencement means the time at which this Division comes into operation;
Commissioner for Fair Trading means the Commissioner for Fair Trading referred to in section 15 of the Consumer Affairs Act 1971 as in force before commencement;
Prices Commissioner means the Prices Commissioner referred to in section 5(1) of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1983 as in force before commencement.
Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
Defined term Provision(s)
amount financed 3(2)
balance originally payable under the agreement 3(2)
cash 2(1)
cash price 3(2)
CEO 18(10)
Commissioner 2(1)
credit provider 2(1)
dealer 2(1), 29(1)
default charge 2(1)