Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (33 of 2016)

Schedule 4   Norfolk Island electoral arrangements

Part 2   Transitional provisions

60   Transitional rules

(1) The responsible CommonwealthMinister may, by legislative instrument, make rules prescribing matters:

(a) required or permitted by this Part to be prescribed by the rules; or

(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) The rules may prescribe matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments or repeals made by Part 1 of this Schedule.

(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 under an appropriation in this Act;

(e) directly amend the text of this Act.

(4) This Act (other than subitem (3)) does not limit the rules that may be made under subitem (1).