Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The regulations
may make provision of a savings or transitional nature consequent
on —
(a) the
enactment or amendment of this Act;
(b) the
enactment of an Act of Queensland amending the Consumer Credit Code set out in
the Appendix to the Consumer Credit (Queensland) Act 1994 .
(2) If the regulation
so provides, it has effect despite any provision of this Act or the
Consumer Credit (Western Australia) Code .
(3) Without limiting
subsection (1), a regulation may be made under this section for or with
respect to the following —
(a)
permitting for a limited period or periods provisions requiring the payment or
debiting of interest charges in advance under credit contracts or classes of
credit contracts;
(b)
permitting, subject to conditions, pre-determined credit charges for a limited
period or periods.
(4) A regulation made
under this section may, if the regulation so provides, take effect from the
day of commencement of the Act concerned or from a later day.
(5) To the extent to
which a provision takes effect from a day earlier than the day of the
regulation’s publication in the Gazette , the provision does not operate
to the disadvantage of a person (other than the State or a State authority)
by —
(a)
decreasing the person’s rights; or
(b)
imposing liabilities on the person.
[Section 11 amended by No. 43 of 2003
s. 11.]