Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor - General may make regulations prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the regulations; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) The regulations may:
(a) prescribe arrangements for the Commonwealth to provide financial assistance in respect of the following:
(i) a person's representation at a hearing by a legal practitioner;
(ii) an application, or proposed application, to the Federal Court or the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 for an order of review in respect of a matter arising under this Act;
(iii) any other matter arising under, or in relation to, this Act; or
(b) require that information or reports that are required to be given under prescribed provisions are also to be given to prescribed persons in specified circumstances.
Appropriation
(3) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for the purposes of making payments to, or for the benefit of, parliamentarians or former parliamentarians under arrangements prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) (arrangements for providing financial assistance).