Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00096:clause:1_34
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00096
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 34
Character Range: 20614–22181

34  Transitional—sunset provision

Operation after the sunset date
(1) If this Act commences after 1 December 2016, the Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Act 2015 and any rules under that Act are taken to have continued in effect during the period (the transition period):
 (a) starting at the end of 1 December 2016; and
 (b) ending just before that commencement.
(2) However, that Act and those rules continue in effect during and after the transition period as if:
 (a) each period of 30 days applying to a person under section 20, 27 or 28 of that Act immediately before the transition period:
 (i) paused at the start of the transition period; and
 (ii) resumed immediately after the end of the transition period; and
 (b) each period of 30 days that started applying to a person under section 20, 27 or 28 of that Act during the transition period:
 (i) paused immediately after it started applying to the person; and
 (ii) resumed immediately after the end of the transition period.
(3) Subitems (1) and (2) have effect despite:
 (a) subsection 34A(1) of that Act (as in force on 1 December 2016); and
 (b) section 7 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Announcement about new register
(4) If, before this Act commences, no announcement was made under subsection 34A(2) of the Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Act 2015, the Minister must announce, by notifiable instrument, that the Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015 now provides for a Register of Foreign Ownership of Water Entitlements.