STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 - SECT 34 Beneficial retrospective commencement

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 - SECT 34

34 Beneficial retrospective commencement

(1) A beneficial provision of a statutory instrument may be given retrospective operation if the statutory instrument expressly provides for that operation.

(2) In this section—


"beneficial provision" means a provision that does not operate to the disadvantage of a person (other than the State, a State authority or a local government) by—

(a) decreasing the person’s rights; or

(b) imposing liabilities on the person.