Fire Service (Continuity of Regulatory Arrangements) Act 2006 (TAS)

Fire Service (Continuity of Regulatory Arrangements) Act 2006

An Act to provide for the retrospective postponement of the repeal of the Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 1996 so as to ensure the continuity of certain regulatory arrangements that are indispensable to the proper administration of the State's fire service scheme, and for related purposes

[Royal Assent 18 December 2006]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Fire Service (Continuity of Regulatory Arrangements) Act 2006 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3InterpretationIn this Act, a reference to the Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 1996 is a reference to those regulations as amended to 2 April 2006. 4Repeal of Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 1996 taken to have been postponed (1) Despite section 11(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 , the repeal under that Act of the Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 1996 is taken not to have occurred on the tenth anniversary of the date on which notification of their making was published in the Gazette but at midnight on 15 May 2006. (2)  Accordingly, for the avoidance of doubt – (a) the Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 1996 are to be taken for all purposes as having been in full force and effect during the period commencing on 3 April 2006 and ending at midnight on 15 May 2006; and (b) nothing in subsection (1) , or in section 11(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 , is to be taken as limiting the operation of regulation 6 of the Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 1996 in its application to the full term of the financial year commencing on 1 July 2005. 5Administration of ActUntil provision is made in relation to this Act by order under section 4 of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990  – (a) the administration of this Act is assigned to the Minister for Police and Emergency Management; and (b) the department responsible to that Minister in relation to the administration of this Act is the Department of Police and Emergency Management.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 21 NOVEMBER 2006

Legislative Council on 29 NOVEMBER 2006]