nonretroactive
Applies from now
Nonretroactive describes laws, rules, or policies that apply only from their effective date forward, not to past actions or situations.
A nonretroactive tax increase affects only future earnings, not income already received.
The opposite of retroactive: The regulation is nonretroactive, so existing contracts remain valid.
Expected in the future
- forward-lookingOriented toward the future
- grandfatheringExempting from new requirements
- effective dateWhen something takes force
- enactmentPassing into law
legislation · statute · provision · clause · amendment · regulation · ordinance · codification
From this point onward
- henceforthFrom this time onward
- from now onBeginning at present
- subsequentOccurring after something else
- upcomingSoon to occur
forthcoming · pending · imminent · anticipated · prospective · effective date · implementation · commencement
Reasonable advance notice
- predictabilityCapacity to be anticipated
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- relianceState of needing support
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
protection · equity · justice · rule of law · due process · notice · transparency · consistency
Exempting from new requirements
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- transition periodTime between two states
- grace periodAllowed delay before consequences
- prior approvalPermission sought beforehand
pre-existing · vested interests · incumbent · carve-out · sunset clause · effective date · rollout
prospective
Expected in the future
- forward-lookingOriented toward the future
- grandfatheringExempting from new requirements
- effective dateWhen something takes force
enactment · legislation · statute · provision · clause · amendment · regulation · ordinance · codification · constitutionality
going forward
From this point onward
- henceforthFrom this time onward
- from now onBeginning at present
- subsequentOccurring after something else
upcoming · forthcoming · pending · imminent · anticipated · prospective · effective date · implementation · commencement · inception
fair warning
Reasonable advance notice
- predictabilityCapacity to be anticipated
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- relianceState of needing support
expectation · protection · equity · justice · rule of law · due process · notice · transparency · consistency · good faith
grandfathering
Exempting from new requirements
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- transition periodTime between two states
- grace periodAllowed delay before consequences
prior approval · pre-existing · vested interests · incumbent · carve-out · sunset clause · effective date · rollout
nonretroactiveretroactive
Effective from a past date
retrospective · backdated · ex post facto · backward-looking · active
action, activate, interaction, transaction, proactive, reactive, actualize, retroactive, reactivation