Royal Commissions Amendment (Definitions) Regulations 2023 (Cth)

Royal Commissions Amendment (Definitions) Regulations 2023

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 13 December 2023

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Mark Dreyfus KC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Royal Commissions Amendment (Definitions) Regulations 2023.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	29 February 2024

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Royal Commissions Act 1902.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Royal Commissions Regulations 2019

1. 1

   Section 4 (definition of Aged Care Royal Commission)

Omit “(as amended by Letters Patent dated 13 September 2019)”, substitute “(as amended by any later variations of those Letters Patent)”.

1. 2

   Section 4 (definition of Disability Royal Commission)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

Disability Royal Commission has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the Act.

1. 3

   Section 4 (definition of Home Insulation Royal Commission)

After “12 December 2013”, insert “(as amended by any later variations of those Letters Patent)”.

1. 4

   Section 4 (definition of Natural Disaster Royal Commission)

After “20 February 2020”, insert “(as amended by any later variations of those Letters Patent)”.

5

Section 4 (definition of NT Royal Commission)

Omit “(as amended by Letters Patent dated 9 February 2017, 27 June 2017 and 7 September 2017)”, substitute “(as amended by any later variations of those Letters Patent)”.

6

Section 4 (definition of Oil‑for‑Food Inquiry)

Omit “(as amended by Letters Patent dated 6 February 2006, 10 March 2006, 17 March 2006, 22 June 2006 and 21 September 2006)”, substitute “(as amended by any later variations of those Letters Patent)”.

1. 7

   Section 4 (definition of Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption)

Omit “(as amended by Letters Patent dated 30 October 2014)”, substitute “(as amended by any later variations of those Letters Patent)”.