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The Repeal of Regulations Postponement Bill 2011
The Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 provides for the systematic repeal of subordinate
legislation over a rolling 10year period. If Regulations are to continue to have effect they
must be remade in accordance with the requirements of the Act.
Each year for a variety of reasons the Government needs to defer the repeal of a number of
regulations that fall due for automatic repeal under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992.
This Bill will postpone until 1 July 2013 the automatic repeal of the Vehicle and Traffic
(Vehicle Operations) Regulations 2001 and the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Standards)
Regulations 2001 which are due to expire during the next twelve (12) months to ensure that
they can continue in operation past those dates.
Deferring the automatic repeal of the regulations when necessary is essential for the
effective operation of government and administration of legislation. The making of interim
regulations to take effect between the automatic repeal of one set of regulations and the
commencement of new regulations often under revised or new Acts can be an unnecessary
waste of resources.