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471: Files of appeals bodies
or “Government department takes over and manages immigration appeal files”
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“Governor-General can make temporary rules to help everyone adjust to the new Immigration Act”

The Governor-General can make special rules called transitional regulations. These rules help everyone adjust to the new Immigration Act 2009.

These regulations can do several things to make the change easier. They can add to or replace the existing rules about how the new law starts. They can also say that for a certain time, some parts of the new law won’t apply, or that some words will have special meanings. The regulations might even keep some old rules working for a while.

The Governor-General can make any other rules needed to help everyone move smoothly from the old law to the new one. However, these special rules can only last for up to two years after this part of the law starts. After that, they must stop.

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Part 12 Repeals, transitional provisions, saving provisions, and related matters
Transitional and savings provisions: Miscellaneous provisions

472Transitional regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations—

  2. providing transitional and savings provisions concerning the coming into force of this Act that may be in addition to, or in place of, the transitional and savings provisions in relation to this Part:
    1. providing that, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the regulations, during a specified transitional period,—
      1. specified provisions of this Act (including definitions) do not apply:
        1. specified terms have the meaning given to them by the regulations:
          1. specified provisions repealed or amended or revoked by this Act are to continue to apply:
          2. providing for any other matters necessary for facilitating or ensuring an orderly transition from the provisions of the former Act to the provisions of this Act.

            1. No regulations made under this section may be made, or continue in force, later than 2 years after the date on which this section commences.