Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CONSUMER CREDIT (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ACT 1996 - SECT 13

13 .         Amendment of the Consumer Credit Code

                For the purposes of section 5(a), the Consumer Credit Code set out in the Appendix to the Consumer Credit (Queensland) Act 1994 applies as if the provisions listed in the Table to this section were amended as set out in the Table.

Table

Provision of the Code	Amendment
Section 53(1)	Delete paragraph (a) and “or” after it, insert instead — “             (a)         withdraw from the guarantee unless the debtor has —                   (i)         ceased to be entitled to terminate the credit contract under section 19; or
	(ii)         entered into another contract in reliance on the availability of credit under the credit contract;                 or ”.
Section 66	After section 66(1) insert — “         (1a)         The Government Consumer Agency may, if requested in writing by a debtor, assist a debtor in applying for a change in the terms of a credit contract under subsection (1) and in any negotiations with the credit provider relating to the change. ”.
Section 101(2)	Delete “anywhere in Australia” and “or a corresponding law of another jurisdiction”.
Section 108(2)	Delete “for the purposes of this Code in relation to the contraventions occurring in this jurisdiction”.

        [Section 13 inserted by No. 43 of 2003 s. 13.]

[Appendix deleted by No. 43 of 2003 s. 14.]