Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 6) Act 2020 (141 of 2020)

Schedule 2   Amendments of the consumer data right

Part 2   Later amendments

Competition and Consumer Act 2010

45   Application, saving and transitional provisions

Consultation underway for designating a sector

(1) Despite the amendments of Part IVD of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 made by this Part, Part IVD of that Act continues to apply, in relation to consultation by the Minister:

(a) starting before the commencement of this Part; and

(b) under subsection 56AD(2) of that Act (as in force immediately before that commencement);

as if those amendments had not been made.

Existing rules taken to be have been made by the Minister

(2) Despite the amendments of Part IVD of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 made by this Part, rules made by the Commission that are in force under subsection 56BA(1) of that Act immediately before the commencement of this Part:

(a) continue in force; and

(b) may be dealt with;

on and after that commencement as if they had been made by the Minister under that subsection as amended by this Part.

Consultation underway for making consumer data rules

(3) If:

(a) at a time (the consultation start time ) before the commencement of this Part, the Commission begins consulting the public under paragraph 56BQ(1)(a) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (as in force at that time) about the making of consumer data rules; and

(b) immediately before the commencement of this Part, the rules that were the subject of that consultation have yet to be made;

then, on and after that commencement, Subdivision C of Division 2 of Part IVD of that Act applies to that consultation as if the Secretary had arranged for it to begin under paragraph 56BQ(b) of that Act (as amended by this Part) at the consultation start time.