Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FUEL SECURITY ACT 2021 - SECT 84

  (1)   The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules prescribing matters:

  (a)   required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the rules; or

  (b)   necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

  (2)   To avoid doubt, the rules may not do the following:

  (a)   create an offence or civil penalty;

  (b)   provide powers of:

  (i)   arrest or detention; or

  (ii)   entry, search or seizure;

  (c)   impose a tax;

  (d)   set an amount to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund under an appropriation in this Act;

  (e)   directly amend the text of this Act.

  (3)   Rules made for the purposes of this Act may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating any matter contained in any other instrument or writing:

  (a)   as in force or existing at a particular time; or

  (b)   as in force or existing from time to time.

Note:   This subsection expresses a contrary intention for the purposes of subsection   14(2) of the Legislation Act 2003 .