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CONSUMER AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2013 (NO. 57 OF 2013) - SECT 1

Purposes

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 to—

              (i)     clarify that the public officer of an incorporated association to which clause 9(1) of Schedule 4 to that Act applies need not be appointed under the rules referred to in that clause; and

              (ii)     correct internal cross references elsewhere in that Act;

        (b)     to amend the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 to—

              (i)     increase the defined minimum value of a high value motor vehicle for the purposes of the disposal of uncollected motor vehicles; and

              (ii)     specify that certain instruments under the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) are not legislative instruments for the purposes of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 ;

        (c)     to amend the Co-operatives National Law Application Act 2013 to provide that regulations made under that Act may prescribe model rules for co-operatives in respect of which a government guarantee exists;

        (d)     to amend the Estate Agents Act 1980 to—

              (i)     update certain references to government entities in section 5 of that Act; and

              (ii)     include CrimTrac as an agency that can provide a certificate in relation to a person's criminal record for the purposes of the appointment of the person as an estate agent's representative;

        (e)     to amend the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984

              (i)     to include a definition of Co-operatives National Law (Victoria); and

              (ii)     in relation to references to the Australian Consumer Law;

        (f)     to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 to—

              (i)     clarify the operation of the notice requirements under section 289A of that Act; and

              (ii)     provide that certain requirements applying to a notice to vacate under section 317ZF of that Act (in relation to a fixed term site agreement) apply also to a notice to vacate under section 317ZG of that Act (in relation to a periodic site agreement).



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