House of Representatives
National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment Bill 2010
Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by the authority of the Minister for Human Services, Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, the Hon Chris Bowen MP)Glossary
The following abbreviations and acronyms are used throughout this explanatory memorandum.
| Abbreviation | Definition |
| Amendment Bill | National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment Bill 2010 |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| Credit Act | National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 |
| IGA | Intergovernmental agreement entitled National Credit Law Agreement 2009 |
| National Credit legislation | National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 and National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009 |
| Referral Bill | Proposed State Credit (Commonwealth Powers) Act |
| Referral Act | The Credit (Commonwealth Powers) Act of each referring State, once enacted |
| Transitional Act | National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009 |