52Power to make regulations

52 Power to make regulations

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to any matter or thing that by this Act is authorized or required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary to be prescribed for carrying this Act into effect including, but not limited to, the matters and things specified in Schedule 2.

(2) A power conferred by this Act to make regulations may be exercised—

(a) either in relation to all cases to which the power extends, or in relation to all those cases subject to specified exceptions or in relation to any specified case or class of case; and

(b) so as to make, as respects the cases in relation to which it is exercised—

(i) the same provision for all cases in relation to which the power is exercised or different provision for different cases or classes of case or different provisions for the same case or class of case for different purposes; or

(ii) any such provision either unconditionally or subject to any specified condition.

(3) Regulations made under this Act may be made—

(a) so as to apply—

(i) at all times or at a specified time; or

(ii) throughout the whole of the State or in a specified part of the State;

(b) so as to require a matter affected by the regulations to be—

(i) in accordance with a specified standard or specified requirement; or

(ii) approved by or to the satisfaction of a specified person or body or a specified class of persons or body;

(c) so as to incorporate or adopt by reference the provisions of any document, 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 regulation;

(ii) as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the regulation is made or at any time before then; or

(iii) as amended from time to time;

(d) so as to confer a discretionary authority on a specified person or body or a specified class of persons or body; and

(e) so as to provide in a specified case or class of case 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 such an extent as is specified.

S. 52(3A) inserted by No. 66/2008 s. 25.

(3A) Regulations made under this Act—

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