New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DORMANT FUNDS ACT 1942 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Savings and transitional provisions

(Section 20)

Part 1 - Preliminary

1 Regulations

(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the Dormant Funds Amendment Act 1995 .

(2) A provision referred to in subclause (1) may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the date of assent to that Act or from a later date.

(3) To the extent to which a provision referred to in subclause (1) takes effect from a date that is earlier than its date of 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 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 publication.

Part 2 - Provisions consequent on enactment of Dormant Funds Amendment Act 1995

2 Determinations of Commissioner

A determination of the Commissioner in force under section 2 (2) immediately before the commencement of section 5A is taken to be a determination in force under section 5A.

3 Appeals to Charity Referees

An appeal to the Charity Referees made under section 2 (3) before the commencement of section 15B and not determined before that commencement is taken to be an appeal made under section 15B.

4 Proposals-dormant fund exceeding $2,000

(1) Section 13 of this Act (as in force immediately before it was amended by Schedule 1 [12] to the Dormant Funds Amendment Act 1995 ) continues to apply to proposals formulated under section 11 of this Act before the commencement of that amendment as if that amendment had not commenced.

(2) Section 13 of this Act (as in force immediately before it was amended by Schedule 1 [12] to the Dormant Funds Amendment Act 1995 ) continues to apply to notices published under that section before the commencement of that amendment as if that amendment had not commenced.

5 Index of orders

The index of orders kept under section 15 of this Act (as in force immediately before the commencement of Schedule 1 [14] to the Dormant Funds Amendment Act 1995 ) is taken to form part of the register established under section 15A of this Act.

6 Matters pending before the Charity Referees

Section 16A of this Act extends to matters that the Charity Referees were dealing with at the commencement of that section.