275Power to make by-laws

275 Power to make by-laws (1) Subject to this Part, a council may make by-laws for the good governance of its area. (2) The regulations may: (a) prescribe the subject matter that falls within the ambit of a council's power to make by-laws; or (b) exclude subject matter from the ambit of a council's power to make by-laws. (3) A by-law may be of general or limited application. (4) A by-law binds the Territory and all its instrumentalities. (5) A by-law may impose a penalty, not exceeding 100 penalty units for an individual or 500 penalty units for a body corporate, for contravention of the by-law. (6) A by-law may also provide for a daily penalty, not exceeding 5 penalty units for an individual or 25 penalty units for a body corporate, for each day a contravention of the by-law continues.