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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Miscellaneous provisions - Secondary legislation

116: Regulations

You could also call this:

“Rules that explain how the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 works”

The Governor-General can make rules about how the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 works. These rules are called regulations. The Governor-General makes these rules when the Minister recommends them.

The regulations can do several things. They can explain how to do things under this Act. They can say what information you need to include when you apply for something. They can also cover anything else the Act says should be in regulations. Lastly, they can include small details that help the Act work properly.

One important thing to remember is that these regulations can’t change how courts work. That’s not allowed.

When the Governor-General makes these regulations, they become a type of law called secondary legislation. This means they have to follow certain rules about how they’re published and shared with everyone.

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Miscellaneous provisions: Secondary legislation

116Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations for 1 or more of the following purposes:

  2. providing for procedural and administrative matters for the purposes of this Act:
    1. specifying requirements for a referral application or a substantive application, including—
      1. the form or manner in which the application must be made:
        1. information that must be included in the application:
        2. 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 may not be made under subsection (1)(a) in relation to the procedure or administration of a court.

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

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