Matters excluded from reference
7 Matters excluded from reference
A matter referred by section 6(1) does not include —
the matter of making provision with respect to the imposition or payment of State taxes, duties, charges or other imposts, however described; or
the matter of making provision with respect to the general system for the recording of estates or interests in land and related information; or
the matter of providing for the priority of interests in real property; or
the matter of making a law that excludes or limits the operation of a State law, to the extent that the State law makes provision with respect to the creation, holding, transfer, assignment, disposal or forfeiture of a State statutory right.
In this section —
forfeiture means confiscation, seizure, extinguishment, cancellation, suspension or any other forfeiture;
State law means —
any Act of the State or any instrument made under such an Act, whenever enacted or made and as in force from time to time;
the general law, being the principles and rules of common law and equity to the extent that they have effect in the State from time to time;
State statutory right means a right, entitlement or authority that is granted by or under any Act of the State or any instrument made under such an Act, whenever enacted or made and as in force from time to time, other than a right, entitlement or authority that relates to —
credit covered by paragraph (a) of the definition of referred credit matter in section 3; or
a consumer lease covered by paragraph (b) of that definition.
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