CONTRACTORS DEBTS ACT 1997 - SCHEDULE 1

CONTRACTORS DEBTS ACT 1997 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Savings, transitional and other provisions

(Section 23)

Part 1 - General

1 Regulations

(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the following Acts:

this Act

(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later date.

(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as:

(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its publication, or

(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.

Part 2 - Provisions consequent on enactment of Act

2 Definition

In this Part,
"repealed Act" means the Contractors' Debts Act 1897 .

3 General savings

(1) Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the repealed Act, had effect under a provision of that Act, is taken on that repeal to have effect under the corresponding provision of this Act.

(2) In particular, a certificate issued under section 3 of the repealed Act that, immediately before the repeal of the repealed Act, had effect under that Act, is taken to have been issued under section 7 of this Act.

4 Application of Act

(1) This Act extends to work carried out or materials supplied by an unpaid person before the repeal of the repealed Act.

(2) This Act extends to any debt owed to an unpaid person for work carried out or materials supplied by the unpaid person that became payable before the repeal of the repealed Act.

(3) However, proceedings under this Act cannot be taken in respect of a debt owed for work or materials if the debt became payable more than 3 months before the repeal of the repealed Act.