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#### 16 Regulations 16 Regulations > > (1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act. > > > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make provision for or with respect to enabling jurisdiction conferred by or under a relevant State Act or by or under laws applied by the Act or referred to in the Act to be exercised by a court of the State, or confirming that such jurisdiction is exercisable by a court of the State, including (without limitation) provisions for or with respect to— > > > > > (a) conferring jurisdiction on courts of the State, and > > > > > (b) the construction of references in the Act or in laws applied by the Act to Commonwealth authorities and officers, and > > > > > (c) disapplying provisions of the Act or of laws applied by the Act, including provisions that contemplate the administration or enforcement of laws as if they were Commonwealth laws or that contemplate offences and other matters as being offences against and matters under Commonwealth laws, and > > > > > (d) the treatment of offences arising under the Act or under laws applied by the Act (including the specification of penalties), and > > > > > (e) prescribing modifications of the Act or of laws applied by the Act, and > > > > > (f) associated, procedural and consequential matters. > > > (3) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make provision for or with respect to the validation of— > > > > > (a) matters arising from or ancillary to ineffective judgments, and > > > > > (b) things done or omitted to be done under or in relation to ineffective judgments. > > > (4) Without limiting subsection (3), a reference to an ineffective judgment in that subsection includes a reference to the rights and liabilities conferred, imposed or affected by section 6 in relation to that judgment. That subsection extends to matters arising, and things done or omitted to be done, before the commencement of the regulation concerned.