Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Improved Home Care Payment Administration No. 2) Act 2021 (2 of 2021)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 1   Payment on invoice for services provided

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

16   Rules

(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments or repeals made by this Act.

(2) 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) directly amend the text of an Act.

(3) Rules may provide that, during or in relation to the first 12 months after the commencement of this item, this Act or any other Act or instrument has effect with any modifications prescribed by the rules.

(4) Subsection 12(2) (retrospective application of legislative instruments) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to rules made for the purposes of this item.

(5) This Act (other than subitem (2)) does not limit the rules that may be made for the purposes of subitem (1).