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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 51
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51  Transitional rules
(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments made by this Act.
(2) However, to avoid doubt, the rules may not do the following:
 (a) create an offence or civil penalty;
 (b) provide powers of:
 (i) arrest or detention; or
 (ii) entry, search or seizure;
 (c) impose a tax;
 (d) set an amount to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund under an appropriation in this Act;
 (e) directly amend the text of this Act.
(3) This Act (other than subitem (2)) does not limit the rules that may be made for the purposes of subitem (1).

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 9 February 2017
Senate on 14 June 2017]

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