Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00035:clause:2_12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00035
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 12
Character Range: 9849–10996

12  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 and repeals 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).
(4) Rules made for the purposes of this item that are registered under the Legislation Act 2003 before 1 July 2020:
 (a) may be expressed to take effect from a date before the rules are registered; and
 (b) apply despite subsection 12(2) (retrospective application of legislative instruments) of that Act.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 28 February 2018
Senate on 9 May 2018]
(30/18)