Repeal of Regulations Postponement Act 2008

Repeal of Regulations Postponement Act 2008

An Act to postpone the repeal of certain regulations and by-laws

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1.   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Repeal of Regulations Postponement Act 2008 .

2.   Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3.   Postponement of repeals

(1)  The staged repeals of the regulations and by-laws specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 that, but for this section, were to have been effected on the respective dates specified in column 2 of that Schedule are postponed until 1 January 2010.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not prevent any of the regulations and by-laws specified in Schedule 1 from being repealed before 1 January 2010.

(3)  In this section –

staged repeals means repeals effected by section 11 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 .

4.   Administration of Act

Until provision is made in relation to this Act by order under section 4 of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990  –

(a) the administration of this Act is assigned to the Minister for Workplace Relations; and

(b) the department responsible to that Minister in relation to the administration of this Act is the Department of Justice.

5.   Expiry

This Act expires on 2 January 2010.

SCHEDULE 1 - Postponement of repeals

Section 3

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 28 OCTOBER 2008

Legislative Council on 20 NOVEMBER 2008]