What the official record says
This Act is the Farm Debt Mediation Act . This Act comes into force on a date or dates set by Order in Council, and 1 or more orders may be made bringing different provisions into force on different dates. Any provision of this Act that is not already in force 12 months after Royal assent comes into force then. and come into force on . The rest of this Act comes into force on . The purpose of this Act is to provide parties to farm debt with the opportunity to use mediation to reach an agreement on the present arrangements and future conduct of financial relations between them before an enforcement action is taken in relation to farm property. This Act requires parties to a farm debt to engage in mediation before the creditor can take an enforcement action in relation to farm property. A fa