767Regulations dealing with transitional matters

767 Regulations dealing with transitional matters

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations containing provisions of a transitional nature, including matters of an application or savings nature, arising as a result of the enactment of this Act, including the repeals and amendments made by this Act.

(a) have a retrospective effect to a day on or from the day on which this Act received the Royal Assent; and

(b) be of limited or general application; and

(c) leave any matter or thing to be decided by a specified person or class of person; and

(d) provide for the exemption of persons or things or a class of persons or things from any of the regulations made under this section.

(3) Regulations made under this section have effect despite anything to the contrary—

(a) in any Act (other than this Act or the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006); or

(b) in any subordinate instrument.

(4) This section is repealed on the second anniversary of the day on which it comes into operation.

Chapter 19—Transitional provisions and consequential amendments relating to minimum age of criminal responsibility

Part 19.1—Transitional provisions

768 Definitions

(1) In this Part—

commencement day means the date this Chapter commences.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, a reference in this Part to an offence does not include a reference to an offence against the law of the Commonwealth.