(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations containing provisions of a transitional nature, including matters of an application or savings nature, arising as a result of the enactment of this Act, including the repeals and amendments made by this Act.
(2) Regulations made under this section may—
(a) have a retrospective effect to a day on or from the date that this Act receives the Royal Assent; and
(b) be of limited or general application; and
(c) leave any matter or thing to be decided by a specified person or specified class of persons; and
(d) provide for the exemption of persons or proceedings or a class of persons or proceedings from any of the regulations made under this section.
(3) Regulations made under this section have effect despite anything to the contrary—
(a) in any Act (other than this Act or the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 ); or
(b) in any subordinate instrument.
Ch. 6 Pt 6.2 Div. 2 (Heading and new ss 80 –84) inserted by No. 62/2012 s. 21.
Division 2—Transitional provisions—Civil Procedure Amendment Act 2012
New s. 80
inserted by No. 62/2012 s. 21.