23Regulations

23 Regulations

(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  *[Section 23 Subsection (2) amended by No. 14 of 1994, s. 24 ]*Without limiting subsection (1) , the regulations may –

(a) regulate the use of any land or premises under the care and control of the Secretary for the purposes of this Act so as to protect fittings, furniture, and contents of the land or premises;

(b) regulate the conduct of persons using a library administered under this Act;

(c) prescribe the conditions subject to which and the circumstances in which a person may be removed or excluded from any such land or premises;

(d) prescribe the terms and conditions subject to which a person may read any book of a library administered under this Act; and

(e) prescribe penalties in respect of failure to comply with, or contravention of, regulations made under this Act.

(3)  Regulations under subsection (1) may be made subject to such conditions, or be made so as to apply differently according to such factors, as may be specified in the regulations or according to such limitations or restrictions, whether as to time or circumstance or otherwise, as may be so specified.

(4)  *[Section 23 Subsection (4) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]*Regulations under subsection (1) may provide that it is an offence, punishable on summary conviction, for a person to contravene or fail to comply with, any of the regulations and may provide in respect of any such offence for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 5 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 0·1 penalty unit for each day during which the offence continues.

(5)  A regulation under subsection (1) may authorize any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, or regulated by any person or body specified in the regulation.