81Savings and transitional provisions

81 Savings and transitional provisions

(1)  Regulations under section 80 may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act, being provisions not inconsistent with the national scheme laws of this jurisdiction.

(2)  Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect on the date of commencement of this section or a later date.

(3)  To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Government Gazette, the provision does not operate so as –

(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of that publication; or

(b) to impose a liability on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of that publication.

(4)  Regulations containing provisions of a kind referred to in subsection (1) , except regulations made under section 83 , cease to have effect on the first anniversary of the day on which this section comes into operation.