Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00550:section:45
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00550
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 45
Character Range: 45969–47128

45  Permanent exemptions
 (1) This Act does not affect the operation of laws of an Australian jurisdiction specified or described in Schedule 2, to the extent that Schedule 2 indicates that they are exempt from the operation of this Act.
 (2) Such an exemption may be limited or unlimited in its application. If a law is specified or described in Schedule 2 without any limitation, it is taken to be wholly exempt from the operation of this Act.
 (3) The Governor‑General may make regulations amending Schedule 2.
 (4) A regulation may not be made for the purposes of this section unless all of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the regulation.
 (5) However:
 (a) if such a regulation relates solely to one or more laws specified or described in Schedule 3 and will not take effect within 5 years after the commencement of section 48, the regulation may be made if at least two‑thirds of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the regulation; or
 (b) if such a regulation merely omits or reduces the extent of an exemption of a law of a State from Schedule 2, the regulation may be made if the State has endorsed the regulation.