201Regulations

201 Regulations

(1) The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, the Regional Council election rules or the TSRA election rules, prescribing matters: (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act. (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may: (b) make provision in relation to the conduct of elections for the purposes of section 143L or 144D including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provision for a system of optional preferential voting to be used in such elections; (c) make provision in relation to requests under subsection 195A(1) and the reconsideration of matters under subsection 195A(2); (d) prescribe fees payable in respect of any matter under this Act; and (e) provide penalties for breaches of the regulations not exceeding: (i) in the case of a natural person—$1,000; or (ii) in the case of a body corporate—$5,000.