21Regulations

21 Regulations

[Section 21 Inserted by No. 42 of 1994, s. 10, Applied:01 Aug 1997]

(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , the Governor may make regulations in relation to the following matters:

(a) fees to be charged under this Act;

(b) the carrying out of parentage testing procedures under Part IV .

(3)  Regulations may be made subject to conditions or so as to apply differently according to matters, limitations or restrictions specified in the regulations.

(4)  The regulations may –

(a) provide that a contravention of, or a failure to comply with, any of the regulations is an offence; and

(b) in respect of such an offence, provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 2 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.