Royal Commissions Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. )

Royal Commissions Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 40

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Royal Commissions Act 1902.

Dated 10 April 2008

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

JULIA GILLARD

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

for the Prime Minister

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Royal Commissions Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Royal Commissions Regulations 2001

Schedule 1 amends the Royal Commissions Regulations 2001.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Subregulation 8 (1), including the note

substitute

(1) For subsection 9 (2) of the Act, this regulation applies in relation to the Royal Commission records of the Oil‑for‑Food Inquiry, other than the following Royal Commission records:

(a) Royal Commission records relating to the administration of the Inquiry;

(b) Royal Commission records relating to the financial management of the Inquiry;

(d) the Report of the Inquiry.

Note 1 The Report of the Inquiry was presented to the Governor‑General on 24 November 2006 and tabled in the Parliament on 27 November 2006.

Note 2 Royal Commission records are explained in subsection 9 (1) of the Act.

[2] After subregulation 8 (6)

insert

(7) Subregulations (3), (4), (5) and (6) do not limit the circumstances in which the custodian of the Royal Commission records may:

(a) give a Royal Commission record to a person or body; or

(b) allow access to a Royal Commission record to a person or body.

(8) Subregulations (3), (4), (5) and (6) do not limit the operation of subsections 9 (6) and (7) of the Act.