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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 14
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14  Rules
(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules prescribing matters:
 (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the rules; or
 (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) Without limiting subitem (1), the rules may prescribe matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to:
 (a) the amendments made by Part 1 of this Schedule; or
 (b) a matter referred to in a provision of this Part.
(3) Without limiting subitem (1) or (2), the rules may prescribe matters relating to agreements made, or purportedly made, before the commencement of this Act.
(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 subitem (4)) does not limit the rules that may be made for the purposes of subitem (1).

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 15 February 2017
Senate on 16 February 2017]

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