National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Mandatory Credit Reporting and Other Measures) Act 2021 (5 of 2021)

Schedule 2 Financial hardship and other amendments

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(3) Despite paragraph (1)(d), mandatory credit information does not include financial hardship information that comes into existence:

(a) before 1 July 2022; or

(b) more than 3 months before the first 1 July on which:

(i) if the credit provider is a member of a banking group - the head company of the group is an eligible licensee; or

(ii) otherwise - the credit provider is an eligible licensee.

Note: Paragraph (b) is included to deal with the case where the first 1 July is in 2023 or a later year.