COVID-19 Disease Emergency (Commercial Leases) Act 2020
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(1) The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , the regulations may provide for –
(a) procedures for mediation under section 23 and the matters to which the Mediation Provider must have regard in mediating between parties to a protected lease; and
(b) mitigation of adverse impacts on a party to a protected lease caused by, or relating to, the disease-related factors, including by making provision for any measures to regulate the parties to such a lease or the provisions of such a lease; and
(c) modification of the operation of any provision of this Act, or a relevant Act, for a purpose related to any circumstances, arising either during or after the state of emergency declared under the Emergency Management Act 2006 in relation to the disease, caused by, or relating to, the disease-related factors; and
(d) provisions making modifications to the provisions of a related Act consequent on the provisions of this Act; and
(e) the keeping of records, or the making of any reports to the Minister, or another person or body specified in the regulations, in relation to any matter dealt with in this Act; and
(f) fees, levies and charges payable in respect of any matter under Part 6 ; and
(g) any notice, information or other document for the purposes of this Act or of regulations made for the purposes of a provision of this Act, to be verified by statutory declaration; and
(h) facilitation of proof of the commission of offences against this Act and the regulations and other evidentiary matters related to this Act and the regulations.
(3) Regulations may –
(a) apply or incorporate, wholly or partly and with or without modification, the National Code of Conduct, a code, standard, policy or other document prepared or published by the Minister or another specified person or body; and
(b) provide that any matter or thing is to be determined, dispensed with, regulated or prohibited, according to the discretion of –