Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) If a person is required to provide or use a form prescribed by these Regulations, the person may provide or use a form (the equivalent form ) that:
(a) is prescribed by regulations made under the Consumer Credit Code of a State or Territory mentioned in subregulation (2); and
(b) has the same effect, or is the same in substance, as the form prescribed by these Regulations.
(2) The Consumer Credit Codes of the States and Territories are the following:
(a) the Consumer Credit (New South Wales) Code mentioned in the Consumer Credit (New South Wales) Act 1995 ;
(b) the Consumer Credit (Victoria) Code mentioned in the Consumer Credit (Victoria) Act 1995 ;
(c) the Consumer Credit (Queensland) Code mentioned in (and appendixed to) the Consumer Credit (Queensland) Act 1994 ;
(d) the Consumer Credit (Western Australia) Code mentioned in the Consumer Credit (Western Australia) Act 1996 ;
(e) the Consumer Credit (South Australia) Code mentioned in the Consumer Credit (South Australia) Act 1995 ;
(f) the Consumer Credit (Tasmania) Code mentioned in the Consumer Credit (Tasmania) Act 1996 ;
(g) the Consumer Credit (Australian Capital Territory) Code mentioned in the Consumer Credit Act 1995 (ACT);
(h) the Consumer Credit (Northern Territory) Code mentioned in the Consumer Credit (Northern Territory) Act 1995 .
(3) If:
(a) a person is required to provide or use a form prescribed by these Regulations; and
(b) under subregulation (1), the person provides or uses an equivalent form; and
(c) the form prescribed by these Regulations requires the person to provide more information than required by the equivalent form;
the person may provide the additional information in a separate document with the equivalent form.
(4) Subregulations (1) and (3) cease to have effect at the end of the period of 2 years starting when this regulation commences.