sec.220Validation of regulation authorities

### sec.220 Validation of regulation authorities This section applies if— before the commencement, a regulation authority was purportedly dealt with by the operation of an automated system; and at the relevant time, the authority could have been lawfully dealt with by the chief executive under the relevant Act. The regulation authority is taken to be as valid and lawful as if the authority had been lawfully dealt with at the relevant time by the chief executive under the relevant Act. For applying subsection (2), a matter required to have been considered by the chief executive under the relevant Act is taken to have been considered by the chief executive at the relevant time when the regulation authority was dealt with. Anything done or omitted to be done that would have been valid and lawful under this Act or another Act, had the regulation authority been lawfully dealt with, is taken to be, and always to have been, valid and lawful. In this section— automated system means an electronic system operated from time to time by public service employees of the department. dealt with , in relation to a regulation authority, means the authority was issued, given, granted, amended or renewed. regulation authority means a licence, permit or other authority mentioned in a regulation made under the relevant Act. relevant Act , in relation to a regulation authority, means the Act as in force at the relevant time. relevant time , in relation to a regulation authority, means the time the authority was purportedly dealt with. s 220 ins 2025 No. 19 s 18 (sec.220-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, a regulation authority was purportedly dealt with by the operation of an automated system; and at the relevant time, the authority could have been lawfully dealt with by the chief executive under the relevant Act. (sec.220-ssec.2) The regulation authority is taken to be as valid and lawful as if the authority had been lawfully dealt with at the relevant time by the chief executive under the relevant Act. (sec.220-ssec.3) For applying subsection (2), a matter required to have been considered by the chief executive under the relevant Act is taken to have been considered by the chief executive at the relevant time when the regulation authority was dealt with. (sec.220-ssec.4) Anything done or omitted to be done that would have been valid and lawful under this Act or another Act, had the regulation authority been lawfully dealt with, is taken to be, and always to have been, valid and lawful. (sec.220-ssec.5) In this section— automated system means an electronic system operated from time to time by public service employees of the department. dealt with , in relation to a regulation authority, means the authority was issued, given, granted, amended or renewed. regulation authority means a licence, permit or other authority mentioned in a regulation made under the relevant Act. relevant Act , in relation to a regulation authority, means the Act as in force at the relevant time. relevant time , in relation to a regulation authority, means the time the authority was purportedly dealt with. - (a) before the commencement, a regulation authority was purportedly dealt with by the operation of an automated system; and - (b) at the relevant time, the authority could have been lawfully dealt with by the chief executive under the relevant Act.