National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION  

PART 1-3 - APPLICATION OF THIS ACT AND THE TRANSITIONAL ACT  

Division 3 - Interaction between the Commonwealth credit legislation and State and Territory laws  

SECTION 24   WHEN COMMONWEALTH CREDIT LEGISLATION DOES NOT APPLY  

24(1)   [ Application]  

Subsection (2) applies if a provision of a law of a referring State or a Territory declares a matter to be an excluded matter for the purposes of this section in relation to:


(a) the whole of the Commonwealth credit legislation; or


(b) a specified provision of the Commonwealth credit legislation; or


(c) the Commonwealth credit legislation other than a specified provision; or


(d) the Commonwealth credit legislation otherwise than to a specified extent.

24(2)   [ Exclusions]  

By force of this subsection:


(a) none of the provisions of the Commonwealth credit legislation (other than this section) applies in or in relation to the State or Territory with respect to the matter if the declaration is one to which paragraph (1)(a) applies; and


(b) the specified provision of the Commonwealth credit legislation does not apply in or in relation to the State or Territory with respect to the matter if the declaration is one to which paragraph (1)(b) applies; and


(c) the provisions of the Commonwealth credit legislation (other than this section and the specified provisions) do not apply in or in relation to the State or Territory with respect to the matter if the declaration is one to which paragraph (1)(c) applies; and


(d) the provisions of the Commonwealth credit legislation (other than this section and otherwise than to the specified extent) do not apply in or in relation to the State or Territory with respect to the matter if the declaration is one to which paragraph (1)(d) applies.

24(3)   [ Regulations may exclude application of subsection 2 to declaration]  

Subsection (2) does not apply to the declaration to the extent to which the regulations provide that that subsection does not apply to that declaration.




This information is provided by CCH Australia Limited Link opens in new window. View the disclaimer and notice of copyright.