New South Wales Consolidated Acts(Section 29B)
(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the following Acts:Non-Indigenous Animals Amendment Act 1996
(2) A provision referred to in subclause (1) may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later date.
(3) To the extent to which a provision referred to in subclause (1) takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as:(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its publication, or(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, before the date of its publication.
The amendments made to this Act by the Non-Indigenous Animals Amendment Act 1996 do not affect the validity of any licence or permit issued by the Minister.