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(1) The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by this Act to be
prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying
out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Regulations
may make provision for or in relation to:
(a) the construction, maintenance and operation of pipelines and
the safety measures to be taken in respect thereof;
(b) the inspection of pipelines and the cost of such inspections;
(c) the keeping of registers under this Act;
(d) the escape of substances from a pipeline;
(e) the unit amount for the purposes of calculating the licence fee
under section 30;
(f) the marking of the location of pipelines; and
(g) the prevention of damage to land used in connection with the
construction or operation of pipelines.
(3) The Regulations may provide, in respect of an offence against the
Regulations, for the imposition of:
(a) a fine not exceeding, in the case of a natural person,
200 penalty units or, in the case of a body corporate,
1000 penalty units; or
(b) a fine not exceeding, in the case of a natural person,
200 penalty units or, in the case of a body corporate,
1000 penalty units for each day during which an offence
against the Regulations continues.
Part VII Transitional matters for Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal
(Conferral of Jurisdiction Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2014
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Part VII Transitional matters for Northern Territory Civil
and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of
Jurisdiction Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2014