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Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Procedural, administrative, and miscellaneous matters - Miscellaneous matters

137: Regulations

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"Rules to keep people safe in special homes"

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The Governor-General can make rules for managing residences where people live. You need to know these rules can be about keeping residents safe and helping them with their well-being. The rules can also be about how to manage the care and treatment of people in these residences.

The Governor-General can make rules about how the powers in this Act are used, but these rules cannot give new powers. You can find out more about how these rules are published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

The Governor-General's rules are a type of law called secondary legislation, which means they support the main law.

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Part 2Procedural, administrative, and miscellaneous matters
Miscellaneous matters

137Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. ensuring the good management of residences:
    1. ensuring the safe custody of residents:
      1. providing for the management, care, treatment, well- being, and rehabilitation of residents or persons subject to prison detention orders, and for their reintegration into the community:
        1. providing for any other matters contemplated by this Act, necessary for its administration, or necessary for giving it full effect.

          1. Regulations under subsection (1) may regulate the exercise of coercive powers conferred by this Act, but may not confer any additional coercive powers.

          2. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

          Notes
          • Section 137(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).