Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00153:section:22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00153
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 22
Character Range: 36464–37364

22  Regulations
 (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters:
 (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
 (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
 (2) The Governor‑General may not make regulations prescribing a State or Territory for the purposes of section 15A, 15B or 15C (in this subsection called the relevant section) unless the Governor‑General is satisfied that any conduct that, immediately before the making of the regulations, is an offence against the relevant section is also an offence against a law of that State or Territory.
 (3) For the purposes of the Legislation Act 2003, the Minister administering the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 is the rule‑maker for regulations made for the purposes of this Act.
 (4) Subsection (3) applies despite subsection 6(1) of the Legislation Act 2003.