28Local regulations

28 Local regulations

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations (the local regulations), for or with respect to—

(a) the administration of the Co-operatives National Law (Victoria);

(b) procedural matters relating to any aspects of the Co-operatives National Law (Victoria);

(c) without limiting paragraphs (a) and (b), administrative matters relating to the supervision and inspection of co-operatives;

(d) fees for the purposes of the Co-operatives National Law (Victoria) or the Co-operatives National Regulations (Victoria);

(e) any matter or thing—

(i) that is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act; or

(ii) that by the Co-operatives National Law (Victoria) is required or permitted to be prescribed by the local regulations.

(2) The local regulations may—

(a) impose a penalty not exceeding the penalty specified in section 612(5) of the Co‑operatives National Law (Victoria) for a contravention of the local regulations;

(b) prescribe offences against this Act, the Co‑operatives National Law (Victoria), the Co-operatives National Regulations (Victoria) or the local regulations to be infringement offences;

(c) in relation to each infringement offence, prescribe the penalty that is payable to expiate the offence.

(3) The local regulations may—

(a) be of general or limited application;

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

(c) confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified person or a specified class of person.

(4) A power conferred by this Act to make local regulations providing for the imposition of fees may be exercised by providing for all or any of the following matters—

(a) specific fees;

(b) the payment of fees either generally or under specified conditions or in specified circumstances;

(c) the reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of the fees.

S. 28A inserted by No. 57/2013 s. 8.