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Legislation Act 2019

Regulations and miscellaneous provisions - Regulation-making powers

147A: Regulations may make consequential amendments to other secondary legislation that authorises sub-delegated legislation

You could also call this:

"The government can update laws to make sure they work properly with other laws."

When you look at laws made by the government, you might see some that allow other laws to be made. These other laws are called sub-delegated legislation. The law that allows sub-delegated legislation to be made must say that the sub-delegated legislation is a type of law.

If the law does not say this, the laws are still valid. The Governor-General can make changes to the law to add the required statement and refer to Part 3 of this Act. The Governor-General can also make other changes that are necessary.

The changes made by the Governor-General are also laws, and they must follow the rules for publication, which are in Part 3 of this Act. You can think of these changes like updates to the law. The updates are made to ensure the law is clear and follows the rules.

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Part 7Regulations and miscellaneous provisions
Regulation-making powers

147ARegulations may make consequential amendments to other secondary legislation that authorises sub-delegated legislation

  1. This section applies to any secondary legislation that—

  2. authorises the making of other secondary legislation (sub-delegated legislation); and
    1. is required, by its own empowering legislation, to contain a statement to the effect that the sub-delegated legislation is secondary legislation.

      1. A failure to contain that statement does not affect the validity of either the secondary legislation or the sub-delegated legislation.

      2. However, the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations to amend the secondary legislation (whether or not made by the Governor-General) to—

      3. contain a statement to that effect and refer to Part 3 of this Act as containing the publication requirements; and
        1. make any other consequential amendments.

          1. The only facts, circumstances, or preconditions that must exist or be satisfied before those amendments are made are those that apply under this section.

          2. Regulations made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 for publication requirements).

          Notes
          • Section 147A: inserted, on , by section 4(2) of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).