Fire and Emergency Services Act 1998

In this section —

If there is no sufficient provision in this Part or in a transfer order for dealing with a transitional matter, regulations made under this Act may prescribe all matters that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for dealing with the matter.

Regulations referred to in subsection (2) may provide that a specified provision of this Act does not apply, or applies with specified modifications, to or in relation to any matter.

If regulations referred to in subsection (2) provide that a specified state of affairs is to be taken to have existed, or not to have existed, on and from a day that is earlier than the day on which the regulations are published in the Gazette but not earlier than the commencement of the relevant provision of the Fire and Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2012, the regulations have effect according to their terms.

If regulations contain a provision referred to in subsection (4), 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 regulations were published in the Gazette; or

to 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 regulations were published in the Gazette.

Regulations cannot be made for the purposes of this section after the end of 24 months after the day on which the Fire and Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2012 receives the Royal Assent.