Part 5 · Miscellaneous
27AEffect of certain instruments#
(1)In this section:
registered means registered on:
(a)the Federal Register of Legislation (within the meaning of the Legislation Act 2003); or
(b)the Register (within the meaning of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 as in force before 5 March 2016).
sanctioned goods instrument means an instrument, whether or not still in force, that:
(a)specifies or designates goods as:
(i)export sanctioned goods for a country or part of a country; or
(ii)import sanctioned goods for a country or part of a country; and
(b)was made, or purportedly made by the Minister under a provision of the regulations made for the purposes of subsection 10(1) of this Act.
Effective instruments
(2)Subsection (3) applies if, apart from this section, a sanctioned goods instrument would not have applied, or been enforceable, in relation to goods at a time before the commencement of this section only because the instrument was not registered at the time.
(3)The instrument is taken, for all purposes, to have been registered at the time.
Validity and lawfulness of things done
(4)To avoid doubt:
(a)anything done, or anything purported to have been done, by a person that would have been wholly or partly invalid or unlawful except for subsection (3) is taken for all purposes to be valid and lawful and to have always been valid and lawful, despite any effect that may have on the accrued rights of any person; and
(b)this section applies in relation to civil and criminal proceedings, including proceedings that are pending or concluded.
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