Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00956:section:31
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00956
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 31
Character Range: 32036–33039

31  Regulations

 (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations making provision (including provision by way of modifications of an Act) in relation to:
 (a) any matter arising from, connected with or consequential upon the establishment of the Territory as a body politic under the Crown; or
 (b) any matter arising from, connected with or consequential upon the conversion of a law into an enactment.

 (2) The power to make regulations extends to regulations expressed to take effect on and from a date earlier than the date of the making of the regulations, not being a date earlier than Self‑Government Day.

 (3) Regulations relating to a matter specified in paragraph (1)(a) shall not be made after 31 December 1989.

 (4) Regulations relating to a matter specified in paragraph (1)(b) shall not be made after the law becomes an enactment.

 (5) In this section:

law includes:
 (a) a part of a law; or
 (b) an Ordinance or a part of an Ordinance.

Part III—Consequential Amendments of Acts