Australian Crime Commission (State Provisions) Act 2003

If there is no sufficient provision in this Part for dealing with a transitional matter, the regulations may prescribe all matters that are required or necessary to be prescribed in relation to that matter.

In subsection (1)—

If regulations made under subsection (1) provide that a state of affairs specified or described in the regulations is to be taken to have existed, or not to have existed, at and from a day that is earlier than the day on which the regulations are made but not earlier than 1 January 2003, the regulations have effect according to their terms.

Regulations that contain a provision referred to in subsection (3) cannot be made more than 12 months after the day on which section 51 comes into operation.

If regulations contain a provision referred to in subsection (3), the provision does not operate so as to—

affect in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of making of those regulations; or

impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of making of those regulations.