Uncollected Goods Regulation 2020 (2020-289) (NSW)

Uncollected Goods Regulation 2020

1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Uncollected Goods Regulation 2020.

2 Commencement This Regulation commences on 1 July 2020 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Definitions (1) In this Regulation— Secretary means— (a) the Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Customer Service, or (b) if there is no person employed as Commissioner for Fair Trading—the Secretary of the Department of Customer Service. the Act means the Uncollected Goods Act 1995.

Note— The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Regulation. (2) Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.

4 When goods uncollected for purposes of Act For the purposes of section 5(2)(f) of the Act, goods are also uncollected goods if— (a) a manager of a registrable boarding house or, if no manager has been appointed for a registrable boarding house, a proprietor of a registrable boarding house, reasonably believes the goods have been abandoned or left behind at the registrable boarding house (within the meaning of the Boarding Houses Act 2012), or (b) a managing agent for an association or, if no managing agent has been appointed for an association, a secretary of the executive committee of an association, reasonably believes the goods have been abandoned or left behind on the association property of the association (within the meaning of the Community Land Management Act 2021), or (c) a tenant reasonably believes that the goods have been abandoned or left behind by a former co-tenant or former occupant of residential premises after the former co-tenant or former occupant vacated the premises (within the meaning of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010).