Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CONSUMER CREDIT (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ACT 1996 - SECT 5

5 .         Application in Western Australia of the Consumer Credit Code

        (1)         The Consumer Credit Code set out in the Appendix to the Consumer Credit (Queensland) Act 1994 as in force on the commencement of section 6 of the Consumer Credit (Western Australia) Amendment Act 2003 applies, as if amended as set out in Part 5 of this Act, as a law of Western Australia.

        (2)         If the Consumer Credit Code set out in the Appendix to the Consumer Credit (Queensland) Act 1994 is amended, the Governor may amend the Consumer Credit (Western Australia) Code by order published in the Gazette .

        (3)         An order cannot be made under subsection (2) unless a draft of the order has first been approved by each House of Parliament.

        (4)         The provisions applying because of subsection (1), as amended under subsection (2) (if there are such amendments), may be cited as the Consumer Credit (Western Australia) Code .

        [Section 5 inserted by No. 43 of 2003 s. 6.]