Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BANKRUPTCY ACT 1966 - SECT 315

  (1)   The Governor - General may make regulations prescribing matters:

  (a)   required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

  (b)   necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

  (2)   In particular, the regulations may:

  (a)   provide for the establishment, maintenance, correction and inspection of the National Personal Insolvency Index; and

  (b)   specify matters that must be, or may be, entered in the Index; and

  (c)   provide for the obtaining of extracts of material entered in the Index; and

  (d)   provide for the use of extracts of material entered in the Index in evidence in proceedings under this Act and other laws of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; and

  (e)   provide for immunity from actions for defamation arising out of publication of material in the Index or publication of extracts of material from the Index; and

  (f)   provide for information and documents to be given to persons for entry in the Index; and

  (g)   provide for the means of service of documents; and

  (h)   provide for the publication of notice of specified events; and

  (j)   provide for the charging and payment of fees, but not the setting of amounts of fees other than fees mentioned in paragraph   81(17)(b), in relation to:

  (i)   proceedings under this Act; and

  (ii)   inspection of material entered in the Index or the Register of Trustees; and

  (iii)   obtaining extracts of material entered in the Index or the Register of Trustees; and

  (iv)   inspection and copying of documents given to Official Receivers; and

  (v)   the making of other requests or applications under this Act or the presentation or lodgment of other documents under this Act; and

  (k)   prescribe penalties not exceeding 50 penalty units for offences against the regulations; and

  (l)   provide for a person who is alleged to have committed an offence against the regulations to pay a penalty to the Commonwealth as an alternative to prosecution (being a penalty not exceeding one - fifth of the maximum fine that a court could impose on the person for that offence).