136Minister to notify adoption of code &c.

136 Minister to notify adoption of code &c.

(1)  If the provisions of a code, standard or rule are applied, adopted or incorporated by the regulations, the Minister must, as soon as practicable after the regulations are made, publish in the Gazette a notice giving details of places where the code, standard or rule may be obtained or inspected.

(2)  If –

(a) the provisions of a code, standard or rule are applied, adopted or incorporated, by the regulations, as in force from time to time; and

(b) the code, standard or rule is amended or replaced –

the Minister must, as soon as practicable after the amendment or replacement, publish in the Gazette a notice stating that the code, standard or rule has been amended or replaced and giving details of places where the amended or replaced code, standard or rule may be obtained or inspected.

(3)  A reference in this section to a code, standard or rule includes a reference to one that is made outside Australia.

(4)  A notice under this section is not –

(a) a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 ; or

(b) subordinate legislation for the purposes of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 .