4Savings and transitional regulations

4 Savings and transitional regulations

(1)  The Governor may make regulations of a savings and transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the Biosecurity Act 2019 to effect, and facilitate, the transition from the old legislative scheme to the new legislative scheme.

(2)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , regulations made under that subsection may –

(a) be made as regulations under this Act or as part of regulations made under the Biosecurity Act 2019 ; and

(b) provide for the preservation, continuation, extension, variation or revocation of any one or more of the following matters under the old legislative scheme:

(i) decisions, determinations, approvals, declarations, delegations or other such authorisations;

(ii) appointments;

(iii) bodies, facilities, committees or other organisations;

(iv) actions undertaken or exempted;

(v) permits, licences, exemptions, registrations or other such authorisations;

(vi) tags, brands, devices, cards or other such means of identification;

(vii) certificates, notices or other instruments or documents;

(viii) records, registers, lists or other such administrative, or publically available, collections of information or data;

(ix) any other matter under the old legislative scheme; and

(c) deal with any incidental or ancillary matters.

(3)  Regulations made under subsection (1) may –

(a) take effect on the commencement day or a later day specified in the regulations, whether the day so specified is before, on or after the day on which the regulations are made; and

(b) be made in respect of one or more Acts which form part of the old legislative scheme; and