Interpretation Ordinance 1958 (CI)

Where an Ordinance confers power to make regulations, then, unless the contrary intention appears:

notice of the making of regulations made accordingly and of the place where copies of those regulations may be purchased shall be published in the Gazette;

subject to this section, regulations made accordingly take effect from the date of publication of the notice referred to in paragraph (a) or, where another date is specified in the regulations, from the date so specified; and

regulations made accordingly shall be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the making of the regulations.

Regulations shall not be expressed to take effect from a date before the date of publication of the notice referred to in subsection (1) in a case where, if the regulations so took effect:

the rights of a person (other than the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth) existing at that date would be affected in a manner prejudicial to that person; or

liabilities would be imposed on a person (other than the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before that date;

If any regulations are not laid before each House in accordance with this section, they are, and shall be deemed to have been, void and of no effect.

If either House of the Parliament passes a resolution (of which notice has been given at any time within 15 sitting days after the day on which the regulations have been laid before that House) disallowing any of those regulations, the regulations so disallowed shall thereupon cease to have effect.

If, at the expiration of 15 sitting days after the day on which notice of a resolution to disallow any regulations has been given in either House of the Parliament in accordance with subsection (4), the resolution has not been withdrawn or otherwise disposed of, the regulations specified in the resolution shall thereupon be deemed to have been disallowed.

Where regulations are disallowed, or are deemed to be disallowed, under this section, the disallowance has the same effect as a repeal of the regulations, except that, if the regulations amended or repealed a law in force immediately before the regulations took effect, the disallowance revives the previous law from and including the date of the disallowance, as if the disallowed regulations had not been made.

In this section, regulations includes rules and rules of court.