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National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009
3Application of the new Credit Code to contracts or other instruments made before commencement
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3 Application of the new Credit Code to contracts or other instruments made before commencement
(1) The new Credit Code does not apply in relation to a contract or other instrument that was made before commencement.
(2) Despite subitem (1), the new Credit Code applies in relation to a carried over instrument.
(3) Despite subitem (2), sections 5, 13 and 172 of the new Credit Code do not apply in relation to a carried over instrument. Instead, sections 6, 11 and 150 of the old Credit Code of a referring State or a Territory, as in force immediately before commencement, apply from commencement in relation to a carried over instrument as if those provisions respectively were sections 5, 13 and 172 of the new Credit Code.
(4) Despite subitem (2), subsections 6(2) and 50(2), (3), (4), (5) and (8) of the new Credit Code do not apply in relation to a carried over instrument.
(5) Despite subitem (2), subsection 72(5) of the new Credit Code does not apply in relation to a carried over instrument. Instead, the following provision applies from commencement in relation to a carried over instrument as if the provision were subsection 72(5) of the new Credit Code:
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(5) This section and sections 73 to 75 do not apply to a credit contract under which the maximum amount of credit that is or may be provided is more than an amount equal to 110% of the amount of the average loan size for the purchase of new dwellings in New South Wales as set out in the Table of Housing Finance Commitments in the most recent publication entitled Housing Finance, Australia, as published from time to time by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
(6) Despite subitem (2), subsection 94(4) of the new Credit Code does not apply in relation to a carried over instrument. Instead, the following provision applies from commencement in relation to a carried over instrument as if the provision were subsection 94(4) of the new Credit Code:
(4) This Division does not apply to a credit contract in respect of which the maximum amount of credit that is or may be provided is more than an amount equal to 110% of the amount of the average loan size for the purchase of new dwellings in New South Wales as set out in the Table of Housing Finance Commitments in the most recent publication entitled Housing Finance, Australia, as published from time to time by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.