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> > (1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
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> > (1A) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make provision about the driving, stopping or parking of vehicles—
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> > > (a) at a port, other than a private port, or wharf owned by or under the control or management of TfNSW or the Port Authority of New South Wales, or
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> > > (b) on land owned by or under the control or management of TfNSW or the Port Authority of New South Wales that is near a port or wharf referred to in paragraph (a).
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> > (1B) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make provision about the following—
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> > > (a) the making, keeping, inspection or provision of records and information relating to goods loaded onto or discharged from a vessel at a port,
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> > > (b) the making, keeping, inspection or provision of records and information relevant to the management and mitigation of environmental risk or impact,
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> > > (c) the sharing of records and information provided, or required to be provided, under this Act with or between one or more of the following—
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> > > > (i) TfNSW,
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> > > > (ii) port operators,
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> > > > (iii) relevant port authorities,
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> > > > (iv) other entities in the port-related supply chain.
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> > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make provision for or with respect to the management of dangerous goods in ports, including (but not limited to) the following—
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> > > (a) the identification or classification of substances and articles as dangerous goods,
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> > > (b) the navigation or mooring of vessels carrying dangerous goods,
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> > > (c) the use, storage or handling of dangerous goods,
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> > > (d) the use of equipment in connection with the use, storage or handling of dangerous goods,
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> > > (e) the inspection, examination and testing of dangerous goods and equipment used (or intended for use) in connection with dangerous goods,
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> > > (f) the making, keeping, inspection and provision of records in connection with dangerous goods,
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> > > (g) the escape or spillage of dangerous goods,
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> > > (h) the declaration of the day on which clause 63 of Schedule 18B to the [Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011](/view/html/repealed/current/sl-2011-0674) (or any provision that is made under the [Work Health and Safety Act 2011](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2011-010) in substitution of that provision) ceases to apply in relation to ports.
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> > (2A) The regulations may create offences punishable by—
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> > > (a) in the case of regulations made for the purposes of subsection (2)—a penalty not exceeding 300 penalty units, and
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> > > (b) in any other case—a penalty not exceeding 100 penalty units.
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> > (3) The regulations may incorporate by reference, wholly or in part and with or without modification, any guidelines, standards, rules, codes, specifications or methods, 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).
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> **s 110:** Am 2014 No 38, Sch 2.1 \[1\] \[2\]; 2016 No 28, Sch 2 \[8\]; 2024 No 67, Sch 2\[73\] \[74\].