(1) Regulations may
prescribe all matters that are required or necessary or convenient to be
prescribed for dealing with any issue or matter of a savings or transitional
nature —
(a) that
arises as a result of the amendment of this Act by another Act (an amending
Act ); and
(b) for
which there is no sufficient provision in this Act or the amending Act.
(2) Regulations made
under this section may provide that specified provisions of this Act do not
apply, or apply with modifications specified in the regulations, to or in
relation to any matter.
(3) Regulations made
under this section may provide that a state of affairs specified in the
regulations is to be taken to have existed, or not to have existed, on and
from a day that is earlier than the day on which the regulations come into
operation but not earlier than the day on which the relevant amending Act, or
the relevant provision or provisions of that Act, came into operation.
(4) If the regulations
contain a provision referred to in subsection (3), the provision does not
operate so as —
(a) to
affect in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State), the
rights of that person existing before the regulations commenced; or
(b) to
impose liabilities on any person (other than the State) in respect of anything
done or omitted to be done before the regulations commenced.
[Section 44 inserted: No. 45 of 2010 s. 8.]
Division 2 — Provisions for Cannabis Law Reform Act 2010
[Heading inserted: No. 45 of 2010 s. 8.]