Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (33 of 2016)

Schedule 5   Application of Acts to Norfolk Island

Part 1   General amendments

Division 2   Transitional provisions

5   Transitional rules

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

(2) To avoid doubt, the transitional 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.

(3) Transitional rules made before 1 July 2017 may provide that this Act or any other Act or instrument has effect with any modifications prescribed by the transitional rules.

(4) Subsection 12(2) (retrospective application of legislative instruments) of theLegislation Act 2003 does not apply to transitional rules made before 1 July 2017.