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Fast-track Approvals Bill

Fast-track approval approvals process for eligible projects - Miscellaneous provisions - Secondary legislation

31: Regulations

You could also call this:

“Rules for how the fast-track approvals process works”

The Governor-General can make rules called regulations when the Minister suggests it. These regulations can do several things:

They can set up how the fast-track approvals process works. This includes steps to follow and how to manage the process.

The regulations can also say what you need to include when you apply for a referral or a substantive application. They might tell you how to fill out the form and what information you need to provide.

If there’s anything in this law that says regulations can or must be made about it, these regulations can cover that too.

The regulations can also include any small details needed to make sure this law works properly.

However, these regulations can’t change how a court works.

When regulations are made under this part of the law, they are called secondary legislation. This means they follow special rules about how they are published, which you can find in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Miscellaneous provisions: Secondary legislation

31Regulations

  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 the fast-track approvals process:
    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).