Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Competition Policy Reform (Victoria) Act 1995 - SECT 6

Future modifications of Competition Code text

6. Future modifications of Competition Code text



(1) A modification made by a Commonwealth law to the Competition Code text
after the commencement of this section-

   (a)  does not apply under section 5 until at least the end of the period of
        2 months after the date of the modification, unless the Governor in
        Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, appoints an
        earlier date; and

   (b)  does not apply under that section at all, if the modification is
        declared by Order of the Governor in Council published in the
        Government Gazette to be excluded from the operation of that section.

(2) An Order under subsection (1)(a)-

   (a)  cannot appoint any day that is earlier than the date of publication or
        notification of the Order or that is earlier than the date on which
        the modification of the text takes effect; and

   (b)  is taken in such a case to appoint the date of publication or
        notification of the Order or the date on which the modification of the
        text takes effect, whichever is the later.

(3) An Order under subsection (1)(b) has effect only if published or notified
before the end of 2 months after the date of the modification.

(4) Subsection (1)(b) ceases to apply to the modification if a further Order
so provides.

(5) For the purposes of this section, the date of the modification is the date
on which the Commonwealth Act effecting the modification receives the Royal
Assent or the regulation effecting the modification is notified in the
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.