8Procedure in relation to national regulations

8 Procedure in relation to national regulations

(1)  If, before the commencement day, national regulations are published on the NSW legislation website in accordance with Part 6A of the Interpretation Act 1987 of New South Wales, the making of those national regulations is to be notified in the Gazette within 21 days after the commencement day.

(2)  If, on or after the commencement day, national regulations are published on the NSW legislation website in accordance with Part 6A of the Interpretation Act 1987 of New South Wales, the making of those national regulations is to be notified in the Gazette within 21 days after that publication.

(3)  The national regulations are to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first 10 sitting-days of the House after the regulations are notified in the Gazette under subsection (1) or (2) .

(4)  If either House of Parliament passes a resolution, of which notice has been given within the first 15 sitting-days of the House after any national regulation is laid before it, that the regulation be disallowed –

(a) the provisions of subsection (5) have effect; and

(b) the Minister is to notify the responsible Ministers of the resolution.

(5)  If a national regulation referred to in subsection (4) 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 will cease to have effect on the date of its disallowance in the last of the jurisdictions forming the majority).