Cheques Regulations 2018 (Cth)

Cheques Regulations 2018

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret'd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 02 March 2018

Peter Cosgrove Governor‑General

By His Excellency's Command

Scott Morrison Treasurer

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Schedule 2 5 Definitions Part 2—Provisions for the purposes of cheques 6 FCA institutions 7 Designated place—prescribed form of notice by a financial institution 8 Register of notices 9 Inspection of the register 10 Obtaining information contained in the register 11 Damages on dishonour—rate of interest Part 3—Application and transitional provisions Division 1—Provisions relating to the commencement of this instrument 12 Definitions 13 Application—damages on dishonour 14 Transitional—register of notices 15 Transitional—things done under the old law Schedule 1—Form of notice by a financial institution specifying a place as a designated place Schedule 2—Repeals Cheques Regulations 1987

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the Cheques Regulations 2018.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument 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.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 8 March 2018

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.