Rules
28 Rules
The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules prescribing matters:
required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the rules; or
necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
Before making rules for the purposes of:
paragraph (l) of the definition of key information in section 4; or
paragraph 11(g);
the Minister must consult the Information Commissioner in relation to matters that relate to the privacy functions (within the meaning of the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010) and have regard to any submissions made by the Information Commissioner because of that consultation.
To avoid doubt, the rules may not do the following:
create an offence or civil penalty;
provide powers of:
arrest or detention; or
entry, search or seizure;
impose a tax;
set an amount to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund under an appropriation in this Act;
directly amend the text of this Act.
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