Royal Commissions Amendment (Enhancing Engagement) Regulations 2023 (Cth)

Royal Commissions Amendment (Enhancing Engagement) 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 30 March 2023

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Mark Dreyfus KC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Royal Commissions Amendment (Enhancing Engagement) 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 later of: (a) the start of the day after this instrument is registered; and (b) immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Royal Commissions Amendment (Enhancing Engagement) Act 2023. However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.	12 April 2023 (paragraph (b) applies)

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 Defence and Veteran Royal Commission)

Repeal the definition.

2

Section 4

Insert:

Defence and Veteran Suicide Royal Commission has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the Act.

3

Paragraph 7(c)

After “Veteran”, insert “Suicide”.

4

Paragraph 12(3)(b)

Omit “or 6OP”, substitute “, 6OP or 6OQ”.

5

Section 16

After “Veteran” (wherever occurring), insert “Suicide”.