302Regulations in general

302 Regulations in general

(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act, but any regulations relating to the powers or duties of an electricity entity must be made on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee.

(2)  The regulations may be made so as to apply differently according to any matter, condition, limitation, restriction, exception or circumstance specified in the regulations.

(3)  The regulations may –

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

(b) [Section 302 Subsection (3) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 122, Applied:11 Feb 2009] in respect of such an offence, provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 20 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

(4)  The regulations may authorise any matter to be determined, applied or regulated by any person or body.

(5)  The regulations may confer a power, including a discretionary power, and impose a duty on a specified person or a specified class of persons.

(6)  The Governor's powers under this section are not limited by the following provisions of this Division.