Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor - General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) The regulations may determine that that part of the interim benefit that is calculated by reference to the period commencing on 1 January 1989 should be calculated by reference to a year commencing on an earlier day specified in the regulations and, if such a determination is made, the regulations may make such modifications, omissions and additions to this Act as are necessary to give effect to that determination.
(3) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection ( 2) take effect from such day, not earlier than 1 January 1988, as is specified in the regulations.
(4) Regulations made for the purposes of paragraph ( g) of the definition of qualified employee in subsection 3(1) take effect from 1 January 1988.
(5) Regulations made for the purposes of paragraph ( p) of the definition of qualified employee in subsection 3(1) take effect from such day, not earlier than 1 January 1988, as is specified in the regulations.