Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00004:clause:7_18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00004
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 7 cl 18
Character Range: 18300–19276

18  Operation of laws
(1) Subject to subitem (2), if a thing was done by, or in relation to, CAMAC before the commencement time, then, for the purposes of the operation of any law of the Commonwealth after the commencement time, the thing is taken to have been done by, or in relation to, the Commonwealth.
(2) For the purposes of the operation of the Ombudsman Act 1976 after the commencement time, a thing done by, or in relation to, CAMAC before the commencement time is taken to have been done by, or in relation to, the Treasury Department.
(3) The rules may prescribe:
 (a) things in relation to which subitem (1) does not apply; or
 (b) things in relation to which subitem (1) applies as if the references in that subitem to the Commonwealth were references to the person prescribed by the rules.
(4) Subsection 12(2) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply in relation to rules made for the purposes of subitem (3) that commence on or after the commencement time.