41Regulations

41 Regulations

(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , the regulations may prescribe fees that may be charged by the THS.

(3)  The regulations may be made so as to apply differently according to matters, limitations or restrictions, whether as to time, circumstances or otherwise, specified in the regulations.

(4)  The regulations may authorise any matter to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by the Secretary, the Minister or the Treasurer.

(5)  The regulations may –

(a) provide for savings or transitional matters necessary or expedient for bringing this Act into operation; or

(b) provide for any of those savings or transitional matters to take effect on the day on which this section commences or on a later day specified in the regulations, whether the day so specified is before, on or after the day on which the regulations are made; or

(c) make provision consequent on, or for furthering the purposes of, the National Health Reform Agreement between the Commonwealth and the States that was agreed to by the Council of Australian Governments on 2 August 2011, as that Agreement is amended, or substituted, from time to time.

(6)  A provision referred to in subsection (5) may take effect on and from 1 July 2018 or on and from a later day, including a day before the notification of the provision in the Gazette.

(7)  To the extent to which a provision referred to in subsection (6) takes effect from a day that is before the notification of the provision in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as –

(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State, the THS or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the notification; or

(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State, the THS or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the notification.