REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS AGENTS ACT 1978 - SECT 159
REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS AGENTS ACT 1978 - SECT 159
159 . Transitional regulations
(1) If there is not
sufficient provision in this Part for dealing with a transitional matter, the
Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required,
necessary or convenient to be prescribed in relation to that matter.
(2) In subsection (1)
—
transitional matter means a matter that needs to
be dealt with for the purpose of effecting the transition from this Act as
enacted immediately before the commencement day to this Act as amended by the
Acts Amendment (Fair Trading) Act 2010 .
(3) Regulations made
under subsection (1) may provide that specific provisions of a written law
—
(a) do
not apply; or
(b)
apply with specific modifications,
to or in relation to
any matter.
(4) Regulations made
under subsection (1) must be made within 12 months after the commencement day.
(5) If regulations
made under subsection (1) provide that a specified state of affairs is to be
taken to have existed, or not to have existed, on and from a day that is
earlier than the day on which the regulations are published in the Gazette but
not earlier than the commencement day, the regulations have effect according
to their terms.
(6) In subsection (5)
—
specified means specified or described in the
regulations.
(7) If regulations
contain a provision referred to in subsection (5), the provision does not
operate so as —
(a) to
affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State), the
right of that person existing before the day of publication of those
regulations; 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 day of
publication of those regulations.
[Section 159 inserted: No. 58 of 2010 s. 132.]