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81  Transitional rules
(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules of a transitional nature (including any saving or application provisions) relating to:
 (a) the amendments or repeals made by this Schedule; or
 (b) the enactment of this Act.
(2) Without limiting subitem (1), the rules may make provision in relation to the following matters:
 (a) a State or Territory becoming a participating jurisdiction;
 (b) the transition of a person or entity from a registered provider of supports to a registered NDIS provider;
 (c) the transition from the application of provisions of laws of the States and the Territories to the application of provisions of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, as in force immediately after the commencement of this item.
(3) The rules may provide that provisions of this Schedule are taken to be modified as set out in the rules. Those provisions then have effect as if they were so modified.
(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.
[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 31 May 2017
Senate on 22 June 2017]
(117/17)