Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations containing provisions of a transitional nature, including matters of an application or savings nature, arising as a result of the enactment of the Building Amendment (Registration and Other Matters) Act 2021 , including any repeals and amendments made as a result of the enactment of that Act.
(2) Regulations under this section may—
(a) have a retrospective effect to a day that is not before the day on which the Building Amendment (Registration and Other Matters) Act 2021 receives the Royal Assent; and
(b) be of limited or general application; and
(c) differ according to time, place or circumstance; and
(d) leave any matter or thing to be decided by a specified person or class of person.
(3) To the extent to which any provision of the regulations under this section takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its making, the provision does not operate so as—
(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its making; or
(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its making.
(4) Regulations under this section have effect despite anything to the contrary in any Act (other than the Building Amendment (Registration and Other Matters) Act 2021 or the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 ) or in any subordinate instrument.
(5) The following are not required for any proposed statutory rule that is to be made under this section—
(a) consultation under section 6 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 ;
(b) the preparation of a regulatory impact statement under section 7 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 .
(6) This section is repealed on 1 September 2027.
S. 284 inserted by No. 40/2021 s. 52A.