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Justices Act 1886
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### sec.266 Regulations
The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.
A regulation may make provision with respect to—
the matters for which fees, costs and charges are payable under this Act, the amounts of the fees, costs and charges, the persons who are liable to pay fees, costs and charges, when fees, costs and charges are payable, and the recovery of any unpaid amount of fees, costs and charges; and
prescribing offences for contraventions of a regulation, and fixing a maximum penalty of a fine of 2 penalty units for such a contravention.
The power conferred by this section to make a regulation providing for the imposition of fees may be exercised by providing for all or any of the following matters—
specific fees;
maximum or minimum fees;
scales of fees;
the reduction, waiver or refund of fees.
The power to make a regulation about costs includes power to provide for a scale of costs.
s 266 ins 1932 23 Geo 5 No. 7 s 5
sub 1964 No. 32 s 86 ; 1992 No. 40 s 116
amd 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1 ; 1996 No. 62 s 20 ; 1996 No. 79 s 61 ; 1999 No. 42 s 54 (3) sch pt 3 ; 1999 No. 70 s 166 sch 1
(sec.266-ssec.1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.
(sec.266-ssec.2) A regulation may make provision with respect to— the matters for which fees, costs and charges are payable under this Act, the amounts of the fees, costs and charges, the persons who are liable to pay fees, costs and charges, when fees, costs and charges are payable, and the recovery of any unpaid amount of fees, costs and charges; and prescribing offences for contraventions of a regulation, and fixing a maximum penalty of a fine of 2 penalty units for such a contravention.
(sec.266-ssec.3) The power conferred by this section to make a regulation providing for the imposition of fees may be exercised by providing for all or any of the following matters— specific fees; maximum or minimum fees; scales of fees; the reduction, waiver or refund of fees.
(sec.266-ssec.4) The power to make a regulation about costs includes power to provide for a scale of costs.
- (a) the matters for which fees, costs and charges are payable under this Act, the amounts of the fees, costs and charges, the persons who are liable to pay fees, costs and charges, when fees, costs and charges are payable, and the recovery of any unpaid amount of fees, costs and charges; and
- (b) prescribing offences for contraventions of a regulation, and fixing a maximum penalty of a fine of 2 penalty units for such a contravention.
- (a) specific fees;
- (b) maximum or minimum fees;
- (c) scales of fees;
- (d) the reduction, waiver or refund of fees.