Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00160:section:168
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00160
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 168
Character Range: 254564–255962

168  Rules—general matters
 (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 subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, the rules may prescribe a matter or thing differently for different kinds of entities, things or circumstances.
 (3) The rules may make provision for or in relation to a matter by conferring a power on the Digital ID Regulator, the System Administrator or the Minister to:
 (a) make an instrument of an administrative character; or
 (b) make a decision of an administrative character.
 (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.
 (5) In this section, a reference to this Act does not include a reference to:
 (a) the Accreditation Rules; or
 (b) the Digital ID Data Standards; or
 (c) the Digital ID Rules; or
 (d) the service levels determined under section 80; or
 (e) the Regulatory Powers Act as it applies in relation to this Act.