Legislation Act 2019

Interpretation and application of legislation - Exercise of powers in legislation generally

49: Power to make different provision for classes of matters

You could also call this:

"Making rules for different types of things in different ways"

When you have the power to make rules or laws about certain things, you can choose to make rules about some of those things or just one type of them. You can also make different rules for different types of things. This means you can pick and choose which things to make rules about and how those rules will work.

You might have the power to make rules about lots of different matters, but you can decide to only make rules about a few of them. You can also make rules that apply to just one type of matter, or to a few types of matters that are similar. This allows you to make rules that are tailored to the specific needs of each type of matter.

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48: Power to make includes power to amend or revoke, or

"Making laws also means you can change or cancel them."

50: Power to identify matters using classes, or

"Making rules for groups of things, not just one at a time"

Part 2Interpretation and application of legislation
Exercise of powers in legislation generally

49Power to make different provision for classes of matters

This section applies to legislation that confers on a person a power to make secondary legislation or any other instrument with respect to particular matters (however the matters are described).
The power includes a power—
to make the secondary legislation or instrument with respect to some only of those matters or with respect to a particular class or particular classes of those matters; and
to make different provision with respect to different matters or different classes of matters.