183Regulations

183 Regulations

(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) Without limiting any power of the Governor in Council to make regulations under this Act, the Governor in Council may make regulations—

(a) for or with respect to any of the matters set out in Schedule 1;

(b) prescribing forms;

S. 183(2)(c) substituted by No. 35/2023 s. 29.

(c) prescribing fees, including but not limited to variable fees, for determining an application (other than an application under section 99) or accepting a submission under this Act or the regulations;

S. 183(2)(ca) inserted by No. 35/2023 s. 29.

(ca) prescribing the method for calculating fees payable under this Act or the regulations for decisions in respect of applications or submissions, whether payable at the time the application or submission is made or at a later time;

(d) regulating or prohibiting the waiver or refund of fees;

(e) prescribing offences;

(f) prescribing a penalty for any contravention of the regulations not exceeding—

(i) 100 penalty units for a natural person;

(ii) 500 penalty units for a body corporate, or 5 times the penalty prescribed for such a contravention by a natural person, whichever is lesser;

(g) prescribing offences under this Act or the regulations to be infringement offences;

(h) in relation to each infringement offence, prescribing the penalty in respect of the offence.

(3) Regulations made under this Act—

(a) may be of general or limited application;

(b) may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstances;

(c) may leave any matter or thing to be from time to time approved, determined, applied, dispensed with or regulated by a specified person or class of person;

(d) may provide in a specified case or class of case for the exemption of persons or things or a class of person or things from any of the provisions of the regulations, whether unconditionally or on specified conditions, and either wholly or to the extent specified;

(e) may confer powers or impose duties in connection with the regulations on any specified person or specified class of person;

(f) may apply, adopt or incorporate, with or without modification, any matter contained in any document, code, standard, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any authority or body whether—

(i) wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations;