Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017 (124 of 2017)

Schedule 6   Amendment of the Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

Part 2   Application and saving provisions

3   Application and saving provisions - injunctions

(1) Part 7 of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014, as that Part applies under section 75 of the Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001, applies in relation to contraventions occurring on or after the commencement of this Schedule.

(2) Section 75 of the Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to contraventions occurring before the commencement of this Schedule.

(3) If, immediately before the repeal of section 75 of the Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001 by item 2 of this Schedule, a person holding or acting in a particular office was a prescribed person for the purposes of paragraph 75(1)(b) of that Act, a person holding or acting in that office is taken to be a prescribed person for the purposes of paragraph 75(2)(b) of that Act, as that paragraph applies in relation to contraventions occurring on or after the commencement of this Schedule.

(4) Subitem (3) does not prevent the regulations from being amended or repealed by the Governor-General to change who is to be a prescribed person for the purposes of paragraph 75(2)(b) of the Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001.