30Regulations

30 Regulations

(1) The Governor‑General 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. (2) The matters that may be prescribed under subsection (1) include, but are not limited to: (a) making provision in relation to the payment of levy or charge, of amounts on account of levy or charge and of other amounts payable to the Commonwealth under this Act; and (b) requiring producers of collection products, intermediaries in relation to such producers, and any other person prescribed, to make and keep accounts and other records in respect of prescribed products; and (ba) requiring persons who produce prescribed goods or provide prescribed services, and any other persons prescribed in relation to such goods or services, to make and keep accounts and other records in respect of such goods or services; and (c) requiring producers of collection products, intermediaries in relation to such producers, and any other persons prescribed, to give returns or information for the purposes of this Act; and (ca) requiring persons who produce prescribed goods or provide prescribed services, and any other persons prescribed in relation to such goods or services, to give returns or information for the purposes of this Act; and (d) establishing offences, punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units, for a failure to comply with requirements of the regulations. (3) Without limiting the manner in which products may be described in the regulations, the regulations may describe them by reference to: (a) the use for which the products are sold by the producer; or (b) the use to which the products are put by the producer; or (c) the state, form or condition of the products, whether by reference to a process or otherwise; or (d) the variety or other scientific classification, whether by general description or by taxonomic description.