31AValidation of notice given to estate agent

31A Validation of notice given to estate agent

(1) If, on or before the commencement of section 20 of the Consumer Acts Amendment Act 2017, a notice for the termination of a contract for the sale of land was given to an estate agent in accordance with section 31(3) as amended by section 20 of the Consumer Acts Amendment Act 2017, that notice was, and is always taken to have been, validly given as if section 31(3) as so amended had been in operation when the notice was given.

(2) Subsection (1) does not affect the rights of the parties in—

(a) the proceeding known as Tan v Russell (No. 93 of 2016) in the Supreme Court of Victoria; or

(b) any other proceeding commenced on or before the commencement of section 20 of the Consumer Acts Amendment Act 2017 which concerns the validity of a notice given to an estate agent under section 31(3) for the termination of a contract for the sale of land.

Pt 2 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 32, 33) amended[2], substituted as Pt 2 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 32–32P) by No. 33/2014 s. 4.

Division 2—Section 32 statement

S. 32 substituted by No. 33/2014 s. 4.