50Regulations

50 Regulations

(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , the Governor may make regulations in relation to –

(a) the keeping, treatment, handling, transportation, sale, injuring, killing, taking, care, use, husbandry or management of any animal or class or kind of animal; and

(b) the types of animal research that may be carried out.

(3)  Regulations made under this section may provide that any provision of this Act does not apply to any specified animal or class or kind of animal, matter, practice or person.

(4)  Regulations may apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document, code, standard, rule, specification or method issued, formulated, prescribed, adopted or published by any authority or body as in force at a particular date.

(5)  Regulations may be made subject to conditions or so as to apply differently according to matters, limitations or restrictions specified in the regulations.

(6)  [Section 50 Subsection (6) inserted by No. 26 of 2008, s. 27, Applied:29 Jul 2008] A regulation under this section may authorise any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by any person specified in the regulations.

(7)  [Section 50 Subsection (7) inserted by No. 26 of 2008, s. 27, Applied:29 Jul 2008] The regulations may –

(a) provide that a contravention of any of the regulations is an offence; and

(b) in respect of such an offence –

(i) in the case of an offence by a body corporate, provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units and, if the offence is a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 20 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues; or

(ii) in the case of an offence by a natural person, provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units and, if the offence is a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 10 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.