166Regulation-making power

166 Regulation-making power (1) The Executive may make regulations for this Act. (2) A regulation may make provision in relation to the sampling and analysis of pollutants. (3) A regulation may also prescribe offences for contraventions of a regulation and prescribe maximum penalties of not more than 20 penalty units for offences against a regulation. (4) A regulation may make provision in relation to the distribution, purchase, sale, dispensation or use of petroleum products, including regulating or prohibiting certain conduct. (5) A regulation may make provision in relation to the lighting, use or maintenance of a fire in the open air (other than a fire to which schedule 1, section 1.2, item 28 relates), including regulating or prohibiting certain conduct. (6) A regulation may make provision in relation to— (a) the manufacture, purchase, sale, storage, supply, transport, use, disposal, discharge or emission of, or other dealing with, a specified pollutant, article or other thing; or (b) the servicing of equipment containing a specified pollutant, article or other thing; or (c) the servicing of equipment used in relation to the manufacture, purchase, sale, storage, supply, transport, use, disposal, discharge or emission of, or other dealing with, a specified pollutant, article or other thing; including regulating or prohibiting certain conduct. (7) A regulation may make provision in relation to ambient environmental standards.

(8) A regulation may make provision in relation to preventing or limiting pollution on development sites, including regulating or prohibiting certain conduct. (9) A regulation may amend schedule 1— (a) by— (i) amending activities mentioned in the schedule, or (ii) adding activities to, or deleting activities from, the schedule; and (b) by making any other amendments of that schedule arising from, connected with or consequential on an amendment under paragraph (a).