LEGISLATION ACT 2001 - SECT 48 Power to make instrument includes power to make different provision for different

LEGISLATION ACT 2001 - SECT 48

    (1)     Power given under an Act or statutory instrument to make a statutory instrument includes power—

        (a)     to make different provision in relation to different matters or different classes of matters; or

        (b)     to make an instrument that applies differently by reference to stated exceptions or factors.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), power given under an Act or statutory instrument to make a statutory instrument about particular matters includes power to make a statutory instrument about any 1 or more of the matters or a particular class of the matters.

    (3)     For this section, a class may consist of a single matter.

    (4)     This section is a determinative provision.

Note     See s 5 for the meaning of determinative provisions, and s 6 for their displacement.