291General provisions

### 291 General provisions > > (1)  Regulations made under this Act may – > > > > > > (a) provide that a contravention of, or a failure to comply with, any of the regulations is an offence; and > > > > > > > (b) in respect of such an offence, provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units for a body corporate and 100 penalty units for a natural person and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 20 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues. > > > (2)  Regulations made under this Act may – > > > > > > (a) authorise any matter to be determined, applied or regulated by a person or body specified in the regulations; and > > > > > > > (b) be made subject to conditions or so as to apply differently according to matters, limitations or restrictions specified in the regulations. > > > (3)  If a regulation requires anything to have certain qualities, the Director of Building Control may publish the trade names of things which, according to tests by competent persons, appear to have those qualities. > > > (4)  Any thing, the trade name of which is published under [subsection (3)](#GS291@Gs3@EN) , is to be treated as having the qualities required for the purposes of the regulation in respect of which it is published.