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#### 131 Regulations (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which, by this Act, are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and in particular: (b) for prescribing the manner in which notices under this Act may be given; and (c) for prescribing penalties, not exceeding a fine of 2 penalty units, for offences against the regulations. (2) Where the pay of a class of members of the Defence Force is increased or reduced, regulations for the purpose of the definition of annual rate of pay in section 3 in relation to members of the Defence Force included in that class made after the date on and from which the increase or reduction took effect may be expressed to have taken effect from and including that date. (3) Regulations made within a period of 6 months after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent may be expressed to have taken effect from and including the date of commencement of the scheme. (4) The regulations may make provision for or in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any of the provisions of a determination, as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time, made under section 58H of the Defence Act 1903 or under section 24 of the Public Service Act 1999. > Note: In addition, section 14 of the Legislation Act 2003 allows regulations to prescribe matters by reference to disallowable legislative instruments as in force at a particular time or from time to time. That section would, for example, allow a regulation to prescribe matters by reference to a determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903 as in force at a particular time or from time to time.