Occupational Licensing National Law Repeal Act 2016

The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

Regulations may be made so as to apply differently according to matters, limitations or restrictions, whether as to time, circumstance or otherwise, specified in the regulations.

The regulations may – provide for savings or transitional matters necessary or expedient for bringing this Act into operation; and provide for any of those savings or transitional matters to have retrospective effect from the repeal day or from a specified later day, whether the day so specified is before, on or after the day on which the regulations are made.

A regulation made under subsection (1) may not have retrospective effect if the regulation – affects, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), a right of that person that existed at the time the regulation is to take effect; or imposes a liability on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything validly done or omitted to be done before the regulation takes effect.