State actors. The Act primarily affects executive and parliamentary actors. The Governor is the default maker of regulations where the enabling Act is silent (s 10(1)) and the Governor also has power to make regulations under this Act for its purposes (s 17) and to appoint a day for numbering by proclamation (s 13(1)). Responsible Ministers feature in the Act through the power to certify earlier commencement of a regulation and the consequential duty to provide reasons to the Legislative Review Committee when such a certificate is issued (s 10AA(2) and s 10A(1a)). Authorities other than the Governor who make regulations under their enabling Acts are also affected, both because they may be required to have their instruments confirmed by the Governor or another authority before force (s 10(7)) and because instruments made by other authorities are excluded from the Part 3A expiry regime (s 16A(f)).
Parliament. Both Houses of Parliament are affected by the statutory laying and disallowance processes. Every regulation that must be laid is to be presented to each House within six sitting days (s 10(3)). Each House holds the procedural right to disallow a regulation, subject to notice and timing rules (s 10(5a)-(5b)). The Legislative Review Committee of Parliament is required to receive and consider every regulation that must be laid (s 10A(1)-(2)) and may report to both Houses if it forms the opinion that a regulation ought to be disallowed (s 10A(4)).
Administrators and regulated parties. Agencies and officials who draft, make or administer regulations, rules or by‑laws must comply with the procedural and publication requirements in the Act (ss 10(3), 11). Regulated persons and businesses are indirectly affected because the Act prescribes when a regulation comes into effect (s 10AA) and how long it will remain in force (Part 3A, ss 16A-16C). The four month default delay to commencement for laid regulations (s 10AA(1)) will change the timing of regulatory obligations and compliance costs for private parties. Where a Minister certifies an earlier commencement, regulated persons may be required to comply earlier and have reduced time to adjust because the certificate cannot be challenged in legal proceedings (s 10AA(5)).
Publishers and legal information services. The obligation to publish regulations in the Gazette or under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 (s 11) places a procedural relationship on the agency responsible for official publication. The numbering scheme (s 13) affects record keeping and citation practice for lawyers, courts and information services.
Excluded and special classes. Part 3A lists classes of instruments excluded from the expiry regime (s 16A), including by‑laws under the Local Government Act 1934 (s 16A(ab)), regulations amending an Act (s 16A(c)), certain superannuation regulations (s 16A(eb), (ec)) and regulations made by persons other than the Governor (s 16A(f)). Those classes have different lifecycle expectations under the Act.
Who pays and who decides. Procedurally, the State pays for making and publishing instruments, for supporting the Legislative Review Committee and for administrative processes. Regulated parties pay compliance costs, adjustment costs and monitoring costs tied to commencement and expiry timing. Decision rights are divided among the Governor (maker/default), the responsible Minister (certificate for early commencement and reasons), the Legislative Review Committee (inquiry and report), and each House of Parliament (disallowance).
Other jurisdictions and incorporated instruments. Agencies and advisers drafting instruments must account for s 16E(3), which allows instruments to apply, adopt or incorporate provisions of Acts or legislative instruments from other jurisdictions. That creates cross‑jurisdictional dependencies for compliance and legal interpretation.
In summary, the Act principally governs the procedural relationships among the executive, Parliament and regulated entities. It imposes administrative actions and timelines on makers of instruments, establishes parliamentary oversight routes for repeal, and shapes the timing of regulatory obligations that fall on private persons and businesses.