Section 22: Retrospective operation
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22. Retrospective operation
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a subsidiary enactment may be made to
come into operation retrospectively to a date which is not earlier than the
commencement of the enactment under which it is made.
(2) No person shall be liable to a penalty in respect of an act committed
before the day on which a retrospective subsidiary enactment is published in
the Gazette.
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Questions this section answers
- Can a regulation be made to apply from an earlier date than when it was actually published?
- Can I be fined for something I did before a backdated regulation was published?