Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), the regulations may make provision for or in relation to empowering the Minister to make orders, not inconsistent with this Act, with respect to any matter for or in relation to which provision may be made by the regulations.
(2) An order must not be made prescribing any penalty.
(3) Sections 48, 48A, 48B, 49, 49A and 50 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 apply in relation to orders as if references to regulations were references to orders and references to an Act were references to regulations.
(4) An order is not to be taken to be a statutory rule within the meaning of the Statutory Rules Publication Act 1903 , but subsections 5(3) to (3C) (inclusive) of that Act apply in relation to an order in like manner as they apply in relation to a statutory rule.
(5) For the purposes of the application of subsection 5(3B) of the Statutory Rules Publication Act 1903 in accordance with subsection (4), the reference in the first‑mentioned subsection to the Minister specified in that subsection is to be read as a reference to a Minister administering this Act.
(6) An order is an enactment for the purposes of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 .