12Interim State Policies

12 Interim State Policies

(1)  [Section 12 Subsection (1) amended by No. 85 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 1998] Where the Governor is satisfied, on the recommendation of the Minister, that it is necessary that a State Policy should come into operation without delay, the Governor may, at the same time as, or at any time after, a draft State Policy is placed on public exhibition at the Commission's office declare, by notice published in the Gazette, that the State Policy will come into operation on a temporary basis on a day specified in the notice.

(2)  Where a notice has been published under subsection (1) , the State Policy comes into operation on the day specified in the notice.

(3)  A State Policy that has come into operation under this section ceases to operate –

(a) if the Governor, by notice published in the Gazette, terminates its operation; or

(b) if either House of Parliament passes a resolution disallowing it; or

(c) if it is superseded by a State Policy that comes into operation under section 11 ; or

(d) in the case of a State Policy that has not already ceased to operate by virtue of paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) , at the expiration of 12 months from the day on which it came into operation.

(4)  The Rules Publication Act 1953 does not apply to a notice referred to in subsection (1) .