776Regulations dealing with transitional matters—minimum age of criminal responsibility

776 Regulations dealing with transitional matters—minimum age of criminal responsibility

(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 Part 1.2 of Chapter 1 and this Part.

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(4) This section is repealed on the fifth anniversary of the day on which it comes into operation.