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215: Regulations relating to levies
or “Rules for setting and managing work safety fees”
You could also call this:

“Temporary rules to help everyone adjust to the new health and safety law”

The Governor-General can make special rules to help everyone get used to the new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. These rules are called regulations. The Minister has to suggest these regulations first.

These regulations can do a few things to make the change to the new law easier:

They can add to or replace the rules in Schedule 1 that talk about how to switch to the new law.

For a short time, they can say that some parts of the new law don’t apply yet. They can also give special meanings to some words, or say that some old rules should still be used for a while.

The regulations can also do other things to make sure the change from the old laws to the new one goes smoothly.

But remember, these special rules can only be made or used for up to 2 years after this part of the law starts working.

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or “How the government consults before making some workplace health and safety rules”
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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Regulations, exemptions, approved codes of practice, and safe work instruments: Regulations

216Regulations providing for transitional matters

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, 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 Schedule 1:
    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 specified provisions repealed or amended or revoked by this Act are to continue to apply: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 any enactments replaced by this 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 of commencement of this section.