31Power of First Peoples' Assembly to make substantive rules

31 Power of First Peoples' Assembly to make substantive rules

(1) The First Peoples' Assembly may make substantive rules.

(2) Substantive rules may relate to any specified matter authorised by this Act or any other Act to be included in substantive rules.

(3) A substantive rule may—

(a) be of general or limited application; and

(b) differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance; and

(c) leave any matter or thing to be from time to time determined or approved by Gellung Warl or the First Peoples' Assembly; and

(d) confer powers or discretions or impose duties on any person or on a specified person or body or class of persons or bodies; and

(e) provide in a specified case or class of cases for the exemption of persons or things or a class of persons or things from any of the provisions of the substantive rules—

(i) whether unconditionally or on specified conditions; and

(ii) either wholly or to such an extent as is specified in the rules; and

(f) apply, adopt or incorporate by reference any document formulated or published by a person or body, whether—

(i) without modification or as modified by the rule; or

(ii) as formulated or published on or before the date when the rule is made; or

(iii) as formulated or published from time to time.