Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FISHERIES AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 177 of 1987 - SECT 16

16. After section 17 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Orders

"18. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the regulations may make provision for or
in relation to empowering the Minister to make orders, not inconsistent with
this Act, with respect to any matter for or in relation to which provision may
be made by the regulations.

"(2) An order shall not be made prescribing any penalty.

"(3) An order made with respect to a particular matter has the same
consequences and effects as it would have if it were a regulation with respect
to that matter.

"(4) Part XII of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 applies to orders as if, in
those sections, references to regulations were references to orders,
references to a regulation were references to a provision of an order,
references to repeal were references to revocation and references to an Act
were references to regulations.

"(5) Orders are not statutory rules within the meaning of the Statutory Rules
Publication Act 1903, but subsections 5 (3) to (3C) (inclusive) of that Act
apply in relation to orders as they apply in relation to statutory rules.

"(6) For the purposes of the application of subsection 5 (3B) of the Statutory
Rules Publication Act 1903 in accordance with subsection (5) of this section,
the reference to the Minister referred to in the first-mentioned subsection
shall be taken to be a reference to the Minister administering this Act.".