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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001
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126 Regulation-making power
(1) The Executive may make regulations for this Act.
(2) A regulation may apply, adopt or incorporate a law of another
jurisdiction or an instrument, or a provision of a law of another
jurisdiction or instrument, as in force from time to time.
Note The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated law or instrument,
whether applied as in force from time to time or as at a particular time, is
taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act,
s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)).
(3) A regulation may make provision in relation to the powers and duties
of police officers and authorised people in relation to public
passenger services, including, for example, in relation to public
passenger vehicles, drivers of public passenger vehicles and
passengers.
(4) A regulation may make provision in relation to insurance against
liability for damage to property caused by, or arising out of the use
of, a public passenger vehicle.
(5) A regulation may create offences and fix maximum penalties of not
more than 20 penalty units for the offences.
(6) In this section:
law of another jurisdiction—see the Legislation Act, section 47 (10).