Planning Act 1999
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148 Regulations (1) The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters: (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act,
Planning Act 1999 146 and, in particular: (c) providing for the payment of fees and expenses to witnesses required by this Act to attend and give evidence before the Development Consent Authority, the Appeals Tribunal or any other person; and (d) prescribing the manner in which fees or payments prescribed are to be calculated or paid; and (e) prescribing types of easements for the purposes of section 64 and the purposes of, and powers in relation to, those easements; and (f) providing for the inspection of instruments required to be kept under section 137 and of the registers required to be kept under section 138; and (g) providing a method for assessing, reviewing and collecting the contribution payable under a contribution plan; and (h) requiring the notification of administrative interests and information in relation to land affected by this Act; and (j) prescribe a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units for an offence against a regulation other than an offence of strict liability or absolute liability; and (k) prescribe a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units for an offence against a regulation that is an offence of strict liability or absolute liability. (2) The Regulations may provide for any of the following: (a) offences against the Regulations to be regulatory offences; (b) the payment of a prescribed amount instead of a penalty that may otherwise be imposed for an offence against this Act or the Regulations, the service of a notice relating to the payment of the amount on a person alleged to have committed the offence and the particulars to be included in the notice.