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> > (1) The Governor may make regulations—
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> > > (a) for levying and collecting the charges payable under the authority of this Part,
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> > > (b) for regulating the supply and use of water from any well constructed under the authority of this Part,
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> > > (c) prescribing the steps to be taken in order to maintain the bores and channels in good repair and in efficient condition,
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> > > (d) prescribing the forms of licences and renewals thereof, the fees payable in respect of licences and renewals thereof and the time for, and manner of, payment of those fees,
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> > > (e) for carrying out the provisions of this Part,
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> > > (f) for the prevention of waste or loss of water from any bore,
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> > > (g) prescribing the form of application for drillers’ licences, the form of those licences and the fees payable in respect thereof,
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> > and may, in such regulations, impose any penalty not exceeding 100 penalty units for any breach of the same, or, where the breach is a continuing one, not exceeding 10 penalty units for every day during which the breach continues.
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> > (1A) A provision of a regulation may—
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> > > (a) apply generally or be limited in its application by reference to specified exceptions or factors,
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> > > (b) apply differently according to different factors of a specified kind, or
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> > > (c) authorise any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by a specified person or body,
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> > or may do any combination of those things.
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> > (2) Part 3 of the [Subordinate Legislation Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-146) does not apply to or in respect of the regulations under this Part.
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> **s 129:** Am 1930 No 15, sec 4 (q) (i) (ii); 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1955 No 28, Sch; 1966 No 14, sec 4 (e); 1970 No 5, Sch; 1978 No 121, Sch 1 (29); 1984 No 66, Schs 1 (5), 2 (17), 4 (28); 1986 No 196, Sch 4 (5); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2002 No 138, Sch 5.4 \[3\].