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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 8
Character Range: 6384–7608

8  Transitional 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 application of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Enterprise Agreement to APS employees in the Authority; or
 (b) the enactment of the Net Zero Economy Authority Act 2024.
(3) 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;
 (e) directly amend the text of this Act or the Net Zero Economy Authority Act 2024.
(4) This Schedule (other than subitem (3)) 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 27 March 2024
Senate on 24 June 2024]
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