41Regulations

41 Regulations

41 Regulations

(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.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) or any other provision of this Act concerning the making of regulations, the regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—

(a) the conditions of licences or permits,

(b) the misuse of licences (including the forgery, alteration, theft or other improper use of licences) and misrepresentations concerning licences,

(c) without limiting paragraph (f), the application of, or exemption from, licensing requirements in connection with body art tattooing shows or exhibitions and the short term approval of the performing of body art tattooing procedures (including the issue of permits for those purposes),

(d) methods of service (which may include electronic transmission) for a notice or other document authorised or required to be served by or under a provision of this Act, either in addition to or as an alternative to a method of service provided for by the provision concerned,

(e) licence and permit fees,

(e1) the waiver, reduction, postponement or refund by the Commissioner of fees payable or paid under this Act or the regulations,

(f) exemptions from the operation of this Act or specified provisions of this Act,

(g) the making, keeping and inspection of records in connection with the carrying on of body art tattooing businesses.

(3) A regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 40 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 20 penalty units in any other case.

s 41: Am 2012 No 85, Sch 1 [19]–[21]; 2020 No 3, Sch 1.27[1]; 2022 No 10, Sch 1[3] [68].