Transition — regulations

192   (192) Despite this Act, the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act or any other Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations as follows:

(a) respecting any matter that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers is not provided for, or is not sufficiently provided for, in this Act, in local elections legislation or in another Act affected by this Act or the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act;

(b) making provisions that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable for the purpose of more effectively bringing this Act or the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act into operation;

(c) making provisions that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable for the purpose of preventing, minimizing or otherwise addressing any transitional difficulties encountered in bringing this Act or the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act into operation;

(d) making provisions that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable for the purpose of preventing, minimizing or otherwise addressing any transitional difficulties encountered in respect of this Act, local elections legislation or another Act affected by this Act or the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act;

(e) making provisions that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable in relation to any election or voting to which the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act does not apply under section 101 (3) [commencement] of that Act that takes place between the date of Royal Assent of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act and general voting day for the 2014 general local election;

(f) making provisions that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable in relation to the 2014 general local election;

(g) without limiting any other authority in this section, making provisions respecting the repeal of the former legislation as it relates to campaign organizers;

(h) resolving any errors, inconsistencies or ambiguities arising in this Act or local elections legislation;

(i) amending provisions in this Part that refer to "the date of Royal Assent of this Act", "the day after the date of First Reading of this Act", "the date of Royal Assent of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act" or "the day after the date of First Reading of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act" to add or replace a date.

(2) In making a regulation under subsection (1) (a) to (g), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may do any of the following:

(a) provide exceptions to a provision;

(b) establish limits on the application of a provision;

(c) modify the rules, or the effect of the rules, that would otherwise apply under the provision;

(d) establish rules that operate in place of or as an alternative to the provision;

(e) establish conditions in relation to the operation of an exception, limit, modification or rule established under this section;

(f) provide for the application or continued application of the former legislation.

(3) In making a regulation under this section, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may do any of the following:

(a) establish different classes for the purposes of this Act or local elections legislation;

(b) make different provisions, including exceptions, for different classes referred to in paragraph (a).

(4) A regulation under subsection (1) of this section may be made retroactive to the day after the date of First Reading of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act or a later date, and if made retroactive is deemed to have come into force on the specified date.

(5) To the extent of any conflict between a regulation under subsection (1) and another enactment, the regulation prevails.

(6) This section and any regulations made under this section are repealed on December 31, 2015.