Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00016:clause:11_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00016
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 11 cl 1
Character Range: 377221–378718

1  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 or repeals made by this Act.
(2) Without limiting subitem (1), the rules may have the effect that, despite the commencement of an item of this Act that amends, inserts, substitutes or repeals a provision of an Act, the provision:
 (a) as amended, inserted or substituted does not apply generally, or in relation to any specified matters or classes of matters, for a specified period after that commencement; or
 (b) as repealed continues to apply generally, or in relation to any specified matters or classes of matters, for a specified period after that commencement.
(3) Rules that have the effect mentioned in subitem (2) must not specify a period that ends later than 30 June 2027.
(4) 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.
(5) This Act (other than subitems (3) and (4) of this item) does not limit the rules that may be made under this item.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 18 November 2024
Senate on 25 November 2024]
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