Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Amendment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 2020 (NSW)

New South Wales

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application

Amendment (Savings and Transitional)

Regulation 2020

under the

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014.

MARK SPEAKMAN, MP

Attorney General, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 to make a transitional provision consequent on the enactment of the Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 2) 2019 to allow for certain proceedings to commence.

This Regulation is made under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, including section
166 (the general local regulation-making power) and clause 1(1) and (5) of Schedule 9 to the Act.
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Amendment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 2020 [NSW]

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Amendment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 2020

under the

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Amendment

(Savings and Transitional) Regulation 2020.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 No 16

(1) Schedule 9 Savings, transitional and other provisions

Insert after clause 23(5)—

(5A)

Any proceedings not commenced in a court or tribunal by an authorised delegate or subdelegate may be commenced under the authority of this clause if—

(a)	the authorised delegate or subdelegate made a decision between 1 January 2019 and 25 June 2019 to commence proceedings, and
(b)	the proceedings had not commenced by 25 June 2019.

(2)	Schedule 9, clause 23(6)
Insert “commenced or” after “may be” and “they are”.