Victorian Numbered Acts

CONSUMER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 47 OF 2019)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENT OF AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW AND FAIR TRADING ACT 2012

   3.      New section 126A inserted  
   4.      Powers of court if requirement of Director or inspector not complied with  
   5.      Section 215 substituted  

   PART 3--AMENDMENT OF DOMESTIC BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1995

   6.      Referral of domestic building work dispute to chief dispute resolution officer  
   7.      Withdrawal of referral  
   8.      Acceptance or rejection of referral  
   9.      Certificate of conciliation—dispute not suitable for conciliation  
   10.     New section 46AA inserted  
   11.     Conciliation rules  
   12.      Section 46D repealed  
   13.     Certificate of conciliation—dispute accepted for conciliation  
   14.     Who may be appointed as an assessor?  
   15.     Directions to assessor  
   16.     New section 48BA inserted  
   17.     Reporting the results of an examination  
   18.     When can a dispute resolution order be issued?  
   19.     Requirements for the payment of money  
   20.     Request to amend or cancel dispute resolution order  
   21.     Section 49M substituted  
   22.     Chief dispute resolution officer to direct assessor to examine work  
   23.     Chief dispute resolution officer may extend period for compliance  
   24.     Breach of dispute resolution order notice  
   25.     Right of building owner to end domestic building contract  
   26.     Section 49X substituted  
   27.     New section 51B inserted  
   28.     Appointment of conciliation officers  
   29.     Section 52G repealed  
   30.     Application for review of decision to pay money out of Domestic Building Dispute Resolution Victoria Trust Fund  
   31.     Publication of directions  

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF FUNDRAISING ACT 1998

   32.     Definitions  
   33.     Reference provisions  
   34.     Meaning of fundraising appeal  
   35.     Collection receptacles to be secure, numbered and labelled etc.  
   36.     Application for registration as a fundraiser  
   37.     New Division 2AA of Part 3 inserted  
   38.     All appeal money must be banked  
   39.     Other records that fundraisers must keep  
   40.     New Division 7A of Part 3 inserted  
   41.     Court may make orders concerning wrongly obtained assets  
   42.     Section 61D amended  
   43.     Judicial notice concerning authorisations  
   44.     Regulations  
   45.      Schedule—Infringement offences  

   PART 5--AMENDMENT OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997

           Division 1--Amendments relating to pets

   46.     Definitions  
   47.     Division 5B of Part 2 inserted  
   48.     New section 262AA inserted  
   49.     New section 533 inserted  

           Division 5B--of Part 2 as inserted by the Consumer Legislation Amendment Act 2019 does not apply to a tenancy agreement in existence before the commencement of that Division, unless the tenant, on or after that commencement, introduces or wishes to keep a pet at the rented premises.".

   50.     Definitions—Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2018  
   51.     Section 61 of Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2018 amended  
   52.     Division 5 of Schedule 1 amended  

           Division 2--Other amendments

   53.     Premises used primarily as a residence  
   54.     Prescribed premises and prescribed agreements  
   55.     Note to section 60 inserted  
   56.     Rights of review  
   57.     Section 385 repealed  
   58.     Payment to Director of Housing  
   59.     Functions of Authority  
   60.     General power of Tribunal to make determinations  

   PART 6--AMENDMENT OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AMENDMENT ACT 2018

   61.     Definitions  
   62.     New Division 1B and Division 1C of Part 2 inserted  
   63.     Not more than one bond is payable in respect of continuous occupation  
   64.     Section 54 amended  
   65.     Section 69 amended  
   66.     Urgent repairs  
   67.     Statute law revision  
   68.     Urgent repairs  
   69.     New Divisions 1A and 1B inserted in Part 4  
   70.     Owner's responsibility for charges for supply to non-complying appliances  
   71.     Caravan park rules  
   72.      Statute law revision  
   73.     Section 181 amended  
   74.     Urgent repairs to caravans  
   75.     New section 188A inserted  
   76.     New Division 9 of Part 4 inserted  
   77.     New Divisions 1A and 1B inserted in Part 4A  
   78.     Not more than one bond is payable in respect of continuous occupation  
   79.     New Division 7A inserted in Part 4A  
   80.     Section 227 substituted  
   81.     New sections 211A and 211B inserted  
   82.     New Division 9 of Part 2 inserted  
   83.     New section 240A inserted  
   84.     Manager may give person notice to leave—serious acts of violence  
   85.     Section 411 substituted  
   86.     Section 411A substituted and sections 411AB, 411AC, 411AD and 411AE inserted  
   87.     Further consequential amendments of Division 2 of Part 1  
   88.     Statute law revision  
   89.     Consequential amendments of Part 11  
   90.     Schedule 1 inserted  

   PART 7--AMENDMENT OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 AND RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AMENDMENT ACT 2018--SOLAR HOMES PROGRAM

           Division 1--Amendments of Residential Tenancies Act 1997

   91.     Definitions—section 3  
   92.     Tenant's liability for various utility charges  
   93.     Landlord's liability for various utility charges  
   94.     New section 53AA inserted  
   95.     Application by landlord on other grounds  

           Division 2--Amendment of Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2018

   96.     Section 52 substituted  
   97.     New sections 53A and 53B inserted  
   98.     Matters that may be the subject of bond claim  
   99.     Consequential amendments of Division 4 of Part 2  

   PART 8--AMENDMENT OF SEX WORK ACT 1994

           Division 1--Amendment of Sex Work Act 1994

   100.    Register for businesses to which section 23 applies  
   101.    Secrecy  

           Division 2--Consequential amendment of Business Licensing Authority Act 1998

   102.    Secrecy  

   PART 9--REPEAL OF THIS ACT

   103.    Repeal of this Act  
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