

2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
As passed by both Houses
Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response—Protecting Consumers (2019 Measures)) Bill 2020
No. , 2020
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to unfair contract terms and insurance contracts, funeral expenses facilities, funeral benefits, mortgage brokers and mortgage intermediaries, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Unfair contract terms in insurance contracts 3
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 3
Insurance Contracts Act 1984 5
Schedule 2—Funeral expenses facilities 7
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 7
Corporations Act 2001 7
Schedule 3—Mortgage brokers 8
Part 1—Main amendments 8
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 8
National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009 17
Part 2—Consequential amendments 19
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 19
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to unfair contract terms and insurance contracts, funeral expenses facilities, funeral benefits, mortgage brokers and mortgage intermediaries, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response—Protecting Consumers (2019 Measures)) Act 2020 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Provisions |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
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2. Schedule 1 |
5 April 2021. |
5 April 2021 |
3. Schedules 2 and 3 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.