Aged Care Legislation Amendment (New Commissioner Functions) Act 2019 (116 of 2019)

Schedule 4   Transitional, application, saving and other provisions

Part 6   Rules

36   Rules

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

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

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

(2) Without limiting subitem (1), the rules may prescribe matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments or repeals made by this Act.

(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 Schedule (other than subitem (3)) does not limit the rules that may be made for the purposes of subitems (1) and (2).