Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00794:clause:20_3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00794
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 20 cl 3 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 190528–193824

3  Regulations may take effect from date before registration

(1) Despite subsection 12(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 and subject to subitem (2), regulations made under item 1 or 2 may be expressed to take effect from a date before the regulations are registered under that Act.

(2) If:
 (a) regulations made under item 1 or 2 are expressed to take effect from a date (the registration date) before the regulations are registered under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003; and
 (b) a person engaged in conduct before the registration date; and
 (c) but for the retrospective effect of the regulations, the conduct would not have contravened a provision of an Act;
then a court must not convict the person of an offence, or order the person to pay a pecuniary penalty, in relation to the conduct on the grounds that it contravened a provision of that Act.
Notes to the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009

Note 1

The Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 54, 2009 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 was amended by the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2009 (SLI 2009 No. 165 as amended by SLI 2009 No. 364). The amendments are incorporated in this compilation.

Table of Acts
Act                                                                         Number     Date          Date of commencement       Application, saving or transitional provisions
                                                                            and year   of Assent
Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009  54, 2009   25 June 2009  See s. 2(1)
Statute Law Revision Act 2011                                               5, 2011    22 Mar 2011   Schedule 2 (item 9): (a)   —
Statute Law Revision Act 2012                                               136, 2012  22 Sept 2012  Schedule 2 (item 14): (b)  —

(a) Subsection 2(1) (item 8) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2011 provides as follows:
 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1                  Column 2                                                                                                                                                                           Column 3
Provision(s)              Commencement                                                                                                                                                                       Date/Details
8.  Schedule 2, item 9    Immediately after the time specified in the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 for the commencement of item 4 of Schedule 19 to that Act.  1 July 2009

(b) Subsection 2(1) (item 14) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2012 provides as follows:
 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column