(1) The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) Despite subsection 12(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 , regulations made before 1 July 2009 for the purposes of this Act may be expressed to take effect from a date before the regulations are registered under that Act.
[ Minister's second reading speech made in--
House of Representatives on 24 September 2008
Senate on 10 November 2008 ]
(190/08) |