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### sec.207 Transitional regulation-making power
A regulation (a transitional regulation ) may make provision about a matter for which—
it is necessary to make provision to allow or facilitate the doing of anything to achieve the transition from the operation of this Act, as in force before the commencement of a relevant amendment, to the operation of this Act as in force after the commencement of the relevant amendment; and
this Act does not provide or sufficiently provide.
A transitional regulation may have retrospective operation to a day not earlier than the day the relevant amendment commences.
A transitional regulation must declare it is a transitional regulation.
This section and any transitional regulation expire on the day that is 1 year after the day this section commences.
In this section—
relevant amendment means an amendment of this Act by the Fighting Antisemitism and Keeping Guns out of the Hands of Terrorists and Criminals Amendment Act 2026 .
s 207 ins 2026 No. 4 s 110
exp 11 March 2027 (see s 207(4))
(sec.207-ssec.1) A regulation (a transitional regulation ) may make provision about a matter for which— it is necessary to make provision to allow or facilitate the doing of anything to achieve the transition from the operation of this Act, as in force before the commencement of a relevant amendment, to the operation of this Act as in force after the commencement of the relevant amendment; and this Act does not provide or sufficiently provide.
(sec.207-ssec.2) A transitional regulation may have retrospective operation to a day not earlier than the day the relevant amendment commences.
(sec.207-ssec.3) A transitional regulation must declare it is a transitional regulation.
(sec.207-ssec.4) This section and any transitional regulation expire on the day that is 1 year after the day this section commences.
(sec.207-ssec.5) In this section— relevant amendment means an amendment of this Act by the Fighting Antisemitism and Keeping Guns out of the Hands of Terrorists and Criminals Amendment Act 2026 .
- (a) it is necessary to make provision to allow or facilitate the doing of anything to achieve the transition from the operation of this Act, as in force before the commencement of a relevant amendment, to the operation of this Act as in force after the commencement of the relevant amendment; and
- (b) this Act does not provide or sufficiently provide.