Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor - General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act:
(a) prescribing matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; and
(b) prescribing matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
Note: For variation and revocation of regulations, see subsections 33(3) and (3AA) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
Special requirements relating to digital verification
(2) Before the Governor - General makes regulations for the purposes of subparagraph 9A(1)(b)(ii) or (c)(ii), the Minister must take into account any matters that are prescribed by the regulations.
(3) Before the Governor - General makes regulations for the purposes of subsection 9A(2) or (3) prescribing a digital service to be an approved online platform or an approved identity service, the Minister must:
(a) be satisfied that the digital service will operate in a way that complies with the Privacy Act 1988 , and any corresponding law of a State or Territory that the Minister considers is relevant; and
(b) be satisfied of the effectiveness of the digital service's protective security (including security governance, information security, personnel security and physical security) and fraud control arrangements; and
(c) be satisfied of any matters that are prescribed by the regulations; and
(d) take into account any matters that are prescribed by the regulations.
(4) The Governor - General may repeal regulations made for the purposes of subparagraph 9A(1)(b)(ii) or (c)(ii), or subsection 9A(2) or (3).
(5) Without limiting subsection (4), the Governor - General may repeal a regulation prescribing a digital service to be an approved online platform if the provider of the service contravenes subsection 9B(1) (prohibition on retaining copies of statutory declarations).