30Exercise of powers before commencement

30 Exercise of powers before commencement (1) If a provision of this Law (the empowering provision) that has not commenced would, had it commenced, confer a power: (a) to make an appointment, or (b) to make a statutory instrument of a legislative or administrative character, or (c) to do another thing, then: (d) the power may be exercised, and (e) anything may be done for the purpose of enabling the exercise of the power or of bringing the appointment, instrument or other thing into effect, before the empowering provision commences. (2) If a provision of a New South Wales Act (the empowering provision) that does not commence on its enactment would, had it commenced, amend a provision of this Law so that it would confer a power: (a) to make an appointment, or (b) to make a statutory instrument of a legislative or administrative character, or (c) to do another thing, then: (d) the power may be exercised, and (e) anything may be done for the purpose of enabling the exercise of the power or of bringing the appointment, instrument or other thing into effect, before the empowering provision commences.

Schedule 1 Miscellaneous provisions relating to interpretation