Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CLINICAL WASTE ACT 1990 (NO. 5 OF 1990) - SECT 40

40. (1) The Executive may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to this Act.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may prescribe penalties not exceeding—

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—$1,000; or

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—$5,000;

for offences against the regulations, including offences consisting of contraventions of requirements contained in the Manual.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 15 February 1990 . ]

© Australian Capital Territory 2003