315Regulations

315  Regulations

 (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations 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) In particular, the regulations may:

 (a) provide for the establishment, maintenance, correction and inspection of the National Personal Insolvency Index; and

 (b) specify matters that must be, or may be, entered in the Index; and

 (c) provide for the obtaining of extracts of material entered in the Index; and

 (d) provide for the use of extracts of material entered in the Index in evidence in proceedings under this Act and other laws of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; and

 (e) provide for immunity from actions for defamation arising out of publication of material in the Index or publication of extracts of material from the Index; and

 (f) provide for information and documents to be given to persons for entry in the Index; and

 (g) provide for the means of service of documents; and

 (h) provide for the publication of notice of specified events; and

 (j) provide for the charging and payment of fees, but not the setting of amounts of fees other than fees mentioned in paragraph 81(17)(b), in relation to:

 (i) proceedings under this Act; and

 (ii) inspection of material entered in the Index or the Register of Trustees; and

 (iii) obtaining extracts of material entered in the Index or the Register of Trustees; and

 (iv) inspection and copying of documents given to Official Receivers; and

 (v) the making of other requests or applications under this Act or the presentation or lodgment of other documents under this Act; and

 (k) prescribe penalties not exceeding 50 penalty units for offences against the regulations; and

 (l) provide for a person who is alleged to have committed an offence against the regulations to pay a penalty to the Commonwealth as an alternative to prosecution (being a penalty not exceeding one‑fifth of the maximum fine that a court could impose on the person for that offence).