153Regulations

153 Regulations

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to any matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act, or to any fishery management plan, recognised code of fishing practice or intergovernmental agreement or arrangement in relation to fisheries management.

S. 153(2) amended by No. 5/1997
s. 44(a).

(2) Without limiting or derogating from subsection (1) or any other provision of this Act, regulations made under this Act may include regulations for or with respect to the matters listed in Schedule 3.

(3) 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.

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

S. 153(4)(a) substituted by No. 51/2007 s. 11.

(a) so as to apply by way of general or of specially limited application; and

S. 153(4)(ab) inserted by No. 51/2007 s. 11.

(ab) so as to differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance; and

(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 bodies; and

S. 153(4)(c) amended by No. 5/1997
s. 44(b).

(c) so as to apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document, code, standard, rule, order, regulation, management plan, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any authority or body whether—

(i) wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations; or

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

(iii) as formulated, issued, prescribed or published from time to time; and

S. 153(4)(d) amended by Nos 5/1997
s. 44(c), 64/2013 s. 9(1).

(d) so as to leave any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, dispensed with or regulated by any government department, municipal council, statutory body or public authority or any officer thereof; and