(1)Section 212, as inserted by the Body Corporate and Community Management Amendment Act 2009, (the inserted section) applies, to the exclusion of existing section 212(1), to a contract mentioned in the inserted section whether entered into before or after the commencement.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), subsection (1) applies for all purposes (including a legal proceeding started but not decided before the commencement).
(3)Subsection (1)—
(a)does not apply for the purpose of a contract settled before 5 June 2009; and
(b)does not apply for the purpose of—
(i)a contract that has, before 5 June 2009, been lawfully cancelled because the contract failed to make provision as required by existing section 212(1); or
(ii)a legal proceeding relating to the lawfulness of the cancellation; and
(c)does not apply for the purpose of a legal proceeding decided before the commencement.
(4)In this section—
existing section 212(1) means section 212(1) as in force before the commencement.
legal proceeding, in subsection (2), includes an appeal from a legal proceeding mentioned in subsection (3)(c).