Credit (Amendment) Act (No 2) 1985 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Credit (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 1985

No. 60 of 1985

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 7 November 1985.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. SCHOLES

Minister of State for Territories

An Ordinance to amend the Credit Ordinance 1985.

Short title

1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Credit (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 1985.¹

Principal Ordinance

2.  In  this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the Credit Ordinance 1985.²

Variation of application of Ordinance

3.  Section 19 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)by omitting from sub-section (1) “Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette,” and substituting “regulations may”;

(b)by omitting from sub-section (1) “notice” (second occurring) and substituting “regulations”;

(c)by omitting from sub-section (2) “A notice given” and substituting “Regulations”;

(d)by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) “notice” and substituting “regulations”;

(e)by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “notice” (wherever occurring) and substituting “regulations”;

(f)by omitting sub-section (3);

(g)by omitting from sub-section (4) “a notice” and substituting “a regulation”; and

(h)by omitting from sub-section (4) “the notice” and substituting “regulation”.

Notice of rescission, &c., to linked credit provider

4.  Section 29 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)by omitting from sub-section (1) “A supplier who becomes aware” and substituting “As soon as a supplier knows”; and

(b)by omitting from sub-section (1) “shall forthwith” and substituting “the supplier shall”.

Search warrants

5.  Section 235 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)by omitting from sub-section (1) “as he thinks necessary and if necessary by force” and substituting “as is necessary and reasonable and by such force as is necessary and reasonable”; and

(b)by omitting sub-section (4).

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 November 1985.

2. Nos. 5 and 39, 1985.