(1) Schedule 9.3 has
effect for the purpose of the transition to this Act from the provisions it
amends.
(2) If there is no
sufficient provision in this Act for dealing with a matter that needs to be
dealt with for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1), regulations may
prescribe all matters that are required or necessary or convenient to be
prescribed for dealing with the matter.
(3) Regulations under
subsection (2) may provide that specific provisions of this Act or the
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960 as in force on or after
the commencement of this Act, or of subsidiary legislation made under either
this Act or that Act —
(a) do
not apply; or
(b)
apply with or without specified modifications,
to or in relation to
any matter or thing.
(4) Regulations under
subsection (2) may have effect before the day on which they are published in
the Gazette .
(5) To the extent that
a regulation under subsection (2) has effect before the day of its publication
in the Gazette , it does not —
(a)
affect in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or a local
government), the rights of that person existing before the day of its
publication; or
(b)
impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or a local government)
in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the day of its
publication.
(6) Schedule 9.3 also
has effect for the purpose of the transition to —
(a) this
Act as enacted after the coming into operation of an enactment amending it;
from
(b) this
Act as enacted before the coming into operation of that enactment.
[Section 9.71 amended: No. 66 of 2006 s. 13.]
[Heading inserted: No. 17 of 2020 s. 4.]