Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine that no initial applications for registration may be made under section 16 of this Act until after a day specified in the instrument.
(1A) The day specified in an instrument made under subsection (1) must not be later than 12 months after the day the instrument commences.
Note: While an instrument made under subsection (1) cannot be varied to specify a day that is later than 12 months after the instrument commences, the Minister can make another instrument.
(2) An initial application for registration is invalid if:
(a) the application is made between the day an instrument made under subsection (1) commences and the day specified in the instrument; and
(b) the application is an application to which the instrument applies.
(3) An instrument made under subsection (1) may be expressed to apply to all initial applications for registration or one or more classes of initial application for registration.
(4) An instrument made under subsection (1) is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the instrument.
Note: Legislative instruments and explanatory statements must be tabled in each House of the Parliament under sections 38 and 39 of the Legislation Act 2003 .