Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act Transitional Rule 2015 (No 1) (Cth)

Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act Transitional Rule 2015 (No 1) I, JAMIE BRIGGS, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, make the following rule.

Dated 17 June 2015

Jamie Briggs Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name of rule This rule is the Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act Transitional Rule 2015 (No 1).

2 Commencement This rule commences at the same time as Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015.

3 Authority This rule is made under item 185 of Schedule 1 to the Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015.

4 Definitions (1) In this rule: interim transition time has the meaning given by the NILA Act. Legislative Assembly has the same meaning as in the Norfolk Island Act 1979 as in force immediately before the interim transition time. Norfolk Island public service means the public service established or continued under the PS Act. NILA Act means the Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015. PS Act means the Public Service Act 2014 (Norfolk Island) continued in force by section 16A of the Norfolk Island Act 1979. (2) Any other expression that is used in the NILA Act has the same meaning, when used in this rule, as in that Act.

Part 2—Transitional rule

5 Purpose of this Part This Part is made for item 185 of Schedule 1 to the NILA Act (which provides for the Minister to create rules prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments or repeals made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the NILA Act. Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the NILA Act abolishes the Legislative Assembly. This rule prescribes transitional matters in relation to staff who immediately before the interim transition time were performing duties for the Legislative Assembly.