Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005
47General regulation making power
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47 General regulation making power
(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to any matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.
(2) The regulations may—
S. 47(2)(a) amended by Nos 4/2017 s. 7(a), 13/2022 s. 4(a).
(a) be of general or limited application; and
S. 47(2)(b) amended by Nos 4/2017 s. 7(b), 13/2022 s. 4(b).
(b) differ according to differences in time, place or circumstances; and
S. 47(2)(c) inserted by No. 4/2017 s. 7(c), amended by No. 13/2022 s. 4(c).
(c) confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified person or body or class of persons or bodies; and
S. 47(2)(d) inserted by No. 4/2017 s. 7(d), amended by No. 13/2022 s. 4(d).
(d) leave any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, dispensed with or regulated by a specified person; and
S. 47(2)(e) inserted by No. 4/2017 s. 7(e).
(e) provide in a specified case or class of cases for the exemption of persons or things or a class of persons or things from any of the provisions of the regulations whether unconditionally or on specified conditions and either wholly or to any extent that is specified.
S. 48 repealed by No. 79/2012 s. 80.
Pt 9 (Heading and new s. 48) inserted by No. 4/2017 s. 8.