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Gas Industry Act 2001
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236 Regulations
(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to—
(a) prescribing the method for calculating any charge for the supply of gas;
(b) the protection of any gas undertakings, works, gas fittings or property of a gas company and the prevention of any interference with them and generally providing for the safety of persons and property;
S. 236(1)(c) repealed by No. 29/2006 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 13.3), new s. 236(1)(c) inserted by No. 41/2021, s. 71(1).
(c) prescribing provisions of this Act as civil penalty requirements for the purposes of the **Essential Services Commission Act 2001**;
S. 236(1)(ca) inserted by No. 41/2021 s. 71(1).
(ca) prescribing amounts for the purposes of section 54E(b), (c), (d), (g) or (i) of the **Essential Services Commission Act 2001**;
S. 236(1)(cb) inserted by No. 41/2021 s. 71(1).
(cb) prescribing amounts of notice penalties for the purposes of section 54U(b), (c), (d), (g) or (i) of the **Essential Services Commission Act 2001**;
S. 236(1)(cc) inserted by No. 41/2021 s. 71(1).
(cc) prescribing any other matter that is required for the operation of civil penalty orders in Division 1 of Part 7 of the **Essential Services Commission Act 2001**;
S. 236(1)(cd) inserted by No. 41/2021 s. 71(1).
(cd) prescribing any other matter that is required to be prescribed for the operation of the penalty notice regime in Division 2 of Part 7 of the **Essential Services Commission Act 2001**;
(d) prescribing penalties not exceeding 5 penalty units for breaches of the regulations;
(e) prescribing any matter or thing authorised or required to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying this Act into effect.
S. 236(2) repealed by No. 23/2009 s. 33.
S. 236(3) amended by No. 10/2004 s. 15(Sch. 1 item 13.3), repealed by No. 23/2009 s. 33.
(4) Regulations made under this Act may be made—
S. 236(4)(a) substituted by No. 41/2021 s. 71(2).
(a) so as to be of general or limited application;
S. 236(4)(ab) inserted by No. 41/2021 s. 71(2).
(ab) so as to differ according to time, place or circumstance;
(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 prescribed person;
(c) so as to incorporate, adopt or apply, wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations, the provisions of any document, standard, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any authority or body whether—
(i) as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the regulation is made or at any time before the regulation is made; or
(ii) as amended from time to time;
S. 236(4)(d) substituted by No. 41/2021 s. 71(3).
(d) so as to confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified person or a specified class of person;
(e) so as to provide, in a specified case or class of cases for the exemption of persons or things or a class of persons or things from any of the provisions of the regulations, whether unconditionally or on specified conditions and either wholly or to the extent specified.
(5) The regulations are subject to disallowance by a House of Parliament.
Pt 11 (Heading and ss 237–244) inserted by No. 23/2009 s. 34.