Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts
1 Deferral of sunsetting
(1) This item applies if, on or before 15 October 2020, an Act or legislative instrument, or a provision of an Act or legislative instrument, (the sunsetting legislation ) would (apart from this item) cease to have any operation on a day (the original sunset day ).
(2) A relevant Minister for the sunsetting legislation may, by legislative instrument, before the original sunset day, determine that the sunsetting legislation:
(a) continues to operate until a specified day (the later sunset day ) that is no later than 6 months from the original sunset day; and
(b) ceases to operate on that later sunset day.
(3) A legislative instrument made under subitem ( 2) has effect according to its terms despite any other law of the Commonwealth.
(4) To avoid doubt, and without limiting subitem ( 1), sunsetting legislation may cease to have any operation on a day because:
(a) the sunsetting legislation is repealed or ceases to be in force (however described); or
(b) any power, right or liability conferred, created or imposed by the sunsetting legislation ceases.
(5) In this item, a relevant Minister for sunsetting legislation is:
(a) if the sunsetting legislation is an Act or a provision of an Act--any Minister who administers the Act or the provision (whether alone or together with one or more other Ministers); or
(b) if the sunsetting legislation is a legislative instrument or a provision of a legislative instrument--any Minister who administers the enabling legislation (within the meaning of the Legislation Act 2003 ) under which that legislative instrument is made.