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TASMANIA
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FAIR TRADING (REINSTATEMENT OF
REGULATIONS) BILL 2008
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Reinstatement of Regulations
5. Administration of Act
6. Expiry of Act
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FAIR TRADING (REINSTATEMENT OF
REGULATIONS) BILL 2008
(Brought in by the Minister for Corrections and Consumer
Protection, the Honourable David Edward Llewellyn)
A BILL FOR
An Act to provide for the temporary reinstatement of the
Fair Trading (Code of Practice for Retail Tenancies)
Regulations 1998
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Fair Trading
(Reinstatement of Regulations) Act 2008.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Interpretation
In this Act -
"gap period" means the period commencing
on 5 August 2008 and ending on the
commencement of this Act;
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"Regulations" means the Fair Trading (Code
of Practice for Retail Tenancies)
Regulations 1998 which were repealed
on 5 August 2008 under section 11 of the
Subordinate Legislation Act 1992.
4. Reinstatement of Regulations
(1) The Regulations are reinstated for a 2-year
period commencing on the day on which this Act
commences.
(2) The Regulations are reinstated -
(a) as they existed immediately before the
gap period; and
(b) with the same citation number: S.R.
1998, No. 118.
(3) The reinstatement of the Regulations by this Act
does not prevent their amendment or rescission
by regulations made under the Fair Trading Act
1990 before the expiry of the period referred to
in subsection (1).
(4) To avoid doubt, the Regulations have no force or
effect in respect of the gap period except in so
far as section 16 of the Acts Interpretation Act
1931 may apply.
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5. Administration of Act
Until provision is made in relation to this Act by
order under section 4 of the Administrative
Arrangements Act 1990 -
(a) the administration of this Act is assigned
to the Minister for Corrections and
Consumer Protection; and
(b) the department responsible to that
Minister in relation to the administration
of this Act is the Department of Justice.
6. Expiry of Act
This Act expires immediately after the end of the
period referred to in section 4(1).
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