Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

MARRIAGE REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 89

  (1)   This section applies in relation to a complaint if:

  (a)   the complaint was made under regulation   37R of the old regulations before 1   April 2018; and

  (b)   the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants gave a notice under subregulation   37T(3) of the old regulations in relation to the complaint before that day; and

  (c)   immediately before that day, the Registrar has not finished dealing with the complaint.

  (2)   Despite the repeal of regulations   37T to 37Y of the old regulations, those provisions, as in force immediately before 1   April 2018, continue to apply in relation to the complaint as if the repeal had not happened.

  (3)   If:

  (a)   the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants started doing a thing in relation to the complaint under regulations   37T to 37Y of the old regulations before 1   April 2018; and

  (b)   immediately before that day, the Registrar has not finished doing the thing;

the Registrar may, on and after that day, finish doing the thing in accordance with those provisions.

  (4)   If:

  (a)   a notice in relation to the complaint was given under regulations   37T, 37U and 37X of the old regulations before 1   April 2018; and

  (b)   immediately before that day, the period for complying with the notice has not ended;

then, despite the repeal of those regulations, the notice continues to have effect, on and after that day, as if the repeal had not happened.