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Referendums Framework Bill

Miscellaneous provisions

85: Regulations

You could also call this:

"Rules made by the Governor-General to help the referendum law work properly"

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The Governor-General can make rules for some things. You might wonder what kind of things - they can decide what is or is not an advertisement for a referendum. They can also create forms that people need to fill out for a referendum. The Governor-General can make rules for things that this proposed law says need to be sorted out by rules. They can make rules for other things that are necessary to make this proposed law work properly.

The Governor-General can make these rules at any time before a special period starts. When they make these rules, they are making what is called secondary legislation - if you want to know more about what that means, you can look at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for information about how these rules are published.

These rules can cover a range of things, like what activities are allowed during a referendum, and what forms people need to use. The Governor-General has the power to make these rules to help make sure the proposed law works as intended.

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Part 4Miscellaneous provisions

85Regulations

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

  2. at any time before the start of the regulated period, declaring an advertisement, a class of advertisements, an activity, or a class of activities not to be a referendum advertisement for the purposes of this Act:
    1. prescribing forms required for any matter in relation to a referendum:
      1. providing for anything this Act says may or must be provided for by regulations:
        1. providing for anything incidental that is necessary for carrying out, or giving full effect to, this Act.

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

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