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Repeal of Regulations Postponement Bill 2012
The Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 provides for the systematic repeal of
subordinate legislation over a rolling 10-year period. If regulations are to
continue to have effect they must be remade in accordance with the
requirements of the Act.
Each year for a variety of reasons the Government needs to defer the repeal of
a number of regulations that fall due for automatic repeal under the Subordinate
Legislation Act.
This Bill will postpone until 30 June 2014 the automatic repeal of the Gas
(Safety) Regulations 2002 and the Gas Pipelines Regulations 2002 which are
both due to expire during the next twelve (12) months to ensure that they can
continue in operation past those dates.
Deferring the automatic repeal of the regulations when necessary is essential
for the effective operation of government and administration of legislation. The
making of interim regulations to take effect between the automatic repeal of one
set of regulations and the commencement of new regulations often under
revised or new Acts can be an unnecessary waste of resources.