Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
publication day , for transitional regulations,
means the day on which the regulations are published in accordance with the
Interpretation Act 1984 section 41(1)(a);
specified means specified or described in
transitional regulations;
transitional matter means a matter or issue of a
transitional, savings or application nature.
(2) Regulations may
prescribe anything required, necessary or convenient to be prescribed in
relation to a transitional matter in connection with the enactment of, or any
amendment made by, the amending Act.
(3) Without limiting
subsection (2), transitional regulations may provide for specified provisions
of this Act or another written law —
(a) not
to apply to, or in relation to, a specified matter or thing; or
(b) to
apply with specified modifications to, or in relation to, a specified matter
or thing.
(4) Without limiting
subsection (2), if sections 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 of the amending Act do not
come into operation under section 2(2) of the amending Act, transitional
regulations may, for the purposes of Division 4 Subdivision 3, provide for the
former provisions (as defined in section 133E) to be taken to be amended in
accordance with sections 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 of the amending Act.
(5) If transitional
regulations provide that a specified state of affairs is taken to have
existed, or not to have existed, on and after a day that is earlier than
publication day but not earlier than the day on which Part 5 of the amending
Act comes into operation, the transitional regulations have effect according
to their terms.
(6) If transitional
regulations contain a provision referred to in subsection (5), the provision
does not operate so as —
(a) to
affect in a manner prejudicial to a person (other than the State or an
authority of the State) the rights of that person existing before publication
day; or
(b) to
impose liabilities on a person (other than the State or an authority of the
State) in respect of an act done or omission made before publication day.
[Section 133S inserted: No. 36 of 2024 s. 42.]