8Scrutiny and disallowance of national regulations

8 Scrutiny and disallowance of national regulations

8 Scrutiny and disallowance of national regulations

(1) Sections 40 and 41 of the Interpretation Act 1987 and the provisions of the Legislation Review Act 1987 apply to a national regulation in the same way as they apply to a statutory rule.

(2) However, if a national regulation is disallowed in this jurisdiction, the regulation does not cease to have effect in this jurisdiction unless the regulation is disallowed in a majority of the participating jurisdictions (and, in such a case, the regulation ceases to have effect on the date of its disallowance in the last of the jurisdictions forming the majority).

(3) In this section—

national regulation includes a provision of a national regulation.