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HIRE-PURCHASE ACT 1959 - SECT 2A

2A .         Orders making Act inapplicable

        (1)         The Governor may, by order published in the Government Gazette , declare that the provisions of this Act, or such of those provisions as are specified in the order —

            (a)         do not have effect in relation to a specified person or to a specified class of persons; or

            (b)         have effect in relation to a specified person or to a specified class of persons to such extent as is specified; or

            (c)         do not have effect in relation to a specified transaction or matter or class of transactions or matters; or

            (d)         have effect in relation to a specified transaction or matter or class of transactions or matters to such extent as is specified; or

            (e)         do not have effect in relation to a specified transaction or class of transactions entered into by a specified person or specified class of persons or in relation to specified associated matters; or

            (f)         have effect in relation to a specified transaction or class of transactions entered into by a specified person or specified class of persons, or in relation to specified associated matters, to such extent as is specified.

        (2)         An order made under subsection (1) —

            (a)         may specify the period during which the order shall remain in force; or

            (b)         may provide that its operation is subject to such terms and conditions as are specified in the order,

                but any such order may be made only in respect of hire-purchase transactions entered into for the purpose of providing goods for Government purposes or the purpose prescribed in subsection (2a).

        (2a)         The purpose referred to in subsection (2) is the purpose of providing rail freight services that are available to the public, whether or not those services are to be provided by or on behalf of the State.

        (3)         The Governor may, by order published in the Government Gazette , revoke or vary an order made under this section.

        (4)         An order made under this section, including an order that is varied under this section, is to be taken to be a regulation for the purposes of section 42 of the Interpretation Act 1984 and that section applies accordingly.

        (5)         An order in force under this section, including an order that is varied under this section, has effect according to its tenor.

        (6)         A person to whom an order under this section applies, including an order that is varied under this section, shall comply with the terms and conditions (if any) to which the operation of the order is subject.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        [Section 2A inserted by No. 43 of 1995 s. 3; amended by No. 13 of 2000 s. 95.]

[ 2B.         Deleted by No. 14 of 2010 s. 11(3).]



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