205Regulations

205 Regulations

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

(2)  The regulations may be made so as to apply differently according to matter, limitation, restriction, exception or circumstance specified in the regulations.

(3)  The regulations may adopt, either wholly or partly and with or without modification, any standards, rules, codes or specifications of any body, organisation or association.

(4)  The regulations may –

(a) authorise any matter to be determined, applied or regulated by a specified person or body; and

(b) confer a power or impose a duty on a specified person or class of person.

(5)  The regulations may –

(a) provide that a contravention of, or a failure to comply with, any of the regulations is an offence; and

(b) in respect of such an offence, provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 2 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

(6)  [Section 205 Subsection (6) inserted by No. 74 of 2001, s. 32, Applied:30 Oct 2001] Regulations made for the purpose of section 102(1B) may take effect retrospectively.