Family Law Amendment (Western Australia De Facto Superannuation Splitting and Bankruptcy) Act 2020 (112 of 2020)

Schedule 4   Application and transitional provisions

Part 5   Transitional rules

6   Transitional 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) Without limiting subitem (1), rules made under this item before the end of the period of 12 months starting on the day this Schedule commences may provide that provisions of this Act, or any other Act or instrument, have effect with any modifications prescribed by the rules. Those provisions then have effect as if they were so modified.

(3) Subsection 12(2) (retrospective application of legislative instruments) of theLegislation Act 2003 does not apply in relation to rules made under this item before the end of the period of 12 months starting on the day this Schedule commences.

(4) 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.

(5) This Schedule (other than subitem (4)) does not limit the rules that may be made under this item.