Land Transport Act 1998

152A Governor-General may make ordinary rules

• (1) Despite anything in this Part, the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, make, amend, or revoke an ordinary rule for any of the purposes for which the Minister may make, amend, or revoke an ordinary rule under this Part.

  (2) The Minister must have regard to the criteria specified in section 164(2) before making a recommendation under subsection (1).

  (3) Section 161(1)(a) and (2) do not apply to an ordinary rule made by Order in Council under subsection (1).

  (4) An ordinary rule or an amendment to an ordinary rule made by Order in Council under subsection (1) must be published as if the Minister had made the rule or the amendment to the rule.

  (5) The Minister may amend or revoke an ordinary rule or an amendment to an ordinary rule made by Order in Council under subsection (1) as if the Minister had made the ordinary rule or the amendment to the ordinary rule under this Part.

  (6) An Order in Council made under subsection (1)—

  • (a) is a regulation or an instrument for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989; but

  • (b) is not a regulation or an instrument for the purposes of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

  Compare: 1990 No 98 s 34A

  Section 152A: inserted, on 10 May 2011, by section 81 of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).