Intelligence Services Amendment (Establishment of the Australian Signals Directorate) Act 2018 (25 of 2018)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 3   Transitional provisions

108   Power to make 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 other matters of a transitional nature in relation to the transfer of persons who were employees of the old ASD before 1 July 2018.

(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.