149Regulations

149 Regulations

149 Regulations

(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, about—

(a) matters required or permitted to be prescribed by this Act, or

(b) matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) Without limiting the Interpretation Act 1987, section 42, the regulations may—

(a) apply to—

(i) specified therapeutic goods or classes of therapeutic goods, or

(ii) specified persons or classes of persons, or

(iii) specified circumstances, and

(b) if made for the purposes of including or excluding a thing from a definition— apply generally or be limited to—

(i) specified provisions of this Act, or

(ii) specified activities, or

(iii) therapeutic goods for specified provisions of this Act.

(3) If the regulations may provide for the Health Secretary to determine a matter, the regulations may provide for the Health Secretary to determine the matter as follows—

(a) generally or limited to a particular person, premises or circumstances or class of persons, premises or circumstances,

(b) generally or limited to a particular scheduled substance or other therapeutic goods or class of scheduled substance or other therapeutic goods,

(c) unconditionally or subject to conditions.

(4) The regulations may apply, adopt or incorporate, wholly or in part and with or without modification, an Appendix of the Commonwealth Poisons Standard.

(5) The regulations may apply, adopt or incorporate, wholly or in part and with or without modification, a standard, rule, code, specification, method or publication, as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time, prescribed or published by an authority or body, whether or not it is a New South Wales authority or body.

(6) The regulations may create offences, including continuing offences, punishable by a penalty not exceeding—