Statutes Amendment Bill

Members, we come now to Part 18. Part 18 is the debate on clauses 72 and 73, “Amendment to Housing Act 1955”. The question is that Part 18 stand part.

I will start, and other people may have questions. Thank you, Madam Chair. Can I just check—I agree with the change, that probably, we don’t use pounds anymore, as prescribed under Land Transfer Act 2017. Now, I think, by just checking online, the current registration fee is $243, possibly. But I wondered, in the current legislation, it’s £1, and there’s nothing that suggests that the application of this bill is retrospective. What would that mean for the people who, up until now, have paid the registration fee that is above £1? Can they get a refund?

I thank the member for their question, but, no—there’ll be no retrospectivity throughout this. It’s modernising, right? We’re moving from the pound and modernising. May I just come back to the member about Part 16? The change in clause 69 has already been made as an editorial change by the Parliamentary Counsel Office. That was done to fix up an incorrect reference, and it was made on 18 July of this year, so Part 16 is redundant.

Part 18 agreed to.

Part 19 Amendments to Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007