21Victorian regulations

21 Victorian regulations

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to—

(a) prescribing forms (including the information to be included in forms); and

(b) fees for the purposes of section 14, including the following—

(i) the payment of fees either generally or under specified conditions or in specified circumstances;

(ii) late payment fees;

(iii) the reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of fees;

(iv) the matters to be included in forms relating to fees; and

S. 21(1)(ba) inserted by No. 34/2023 s. 32.

(ba) prescribing matters that are designated or otherwise specified for the purposes of Part B of the National Standard for Commercial Vessels; and

Note

See section 3(2). The term National Standard for Commercial Vessels is defined under the Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law. See also section 164 of the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law of the Commonwealth.

(c) generally prescribing 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 the applied provisions.

(2) 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 which the power is exercised—

(i) the same provision for all cases in relation to which the power is exercised, or different provisions for different cases or classes of case, or 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.

(3) The regulations may—

(a) be of general or limited application; and

(b) differ according to differences in time, place or circumstances; and

(c) confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified person or body or a specified class of persons or bodies; and

(d) provide in a specified case or class of case 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 such an extent as is specified.

(4) A reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of a fee, under a regulation under subsection (1)(b) may be expressed to apply either generally or specifically—