139Regulations

139 Regulations (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to— (a) requirements for remote witnessing procedures and the duties of witnesses and principals, including, but not limited to, different requirements for— (i) different documents or classes of document; or (ii) different witnesses or classes of witness; or (iii) different principals or classes of principal; or (iv) different forms or processes for the use of electronic signatures or the use or form of documents in electronic formats; (b) forms; (c) fees; (d) persons or classes of person to be special witnesses; (e) prescribing penalties not exceeding 20 penalty units for a contravention of the regulations; (f) any other matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act. (2) The regulations may— (a) be of general or limited application; (b) differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance; (c) leave any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, dispensed with or regulated by a specified person; (d) provide in a specified case or class of cases for the exemption of persons or things or a class of persons or things from any of the provisions of the regulations whether— (i) unconditionally or on specified conditions; and (ii) either wholly or to the extent specified in the regulations. Pt 10 (Heading) substituted by No. 64/2016 s. 14. Part 10—Savings and transitional provisions Division 1—Transitional provisions 140 Definitions ***old enduring power of attorney*** means an enduring power of attorney, within the meaning of Part XIA of the **Instruments Act 1958** (as in force before the commencement of section 144(2)), being an enduring power of attorney in force immediately before that commencement; ***old enduring power of guardianship*** means an appointment of a person as an enduring guardian, made under Division 5A of Part 4 of the **Guardianship and Administration Act 1986** (as in force before the commencement of section 145), being an appointment in force immediately before that commencement; ***old non-enduring power of attorney*** means a power of attorney, to which Part XI of the **Instruments Act 1958** (as in force before the commencement of section 144(1)) applied, being a power of attorney in force immediately before that commencement.