Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe Governor - General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient for carrying out or giving effect to this Act or to the Hague Convention, the Montreal Convention, the Tokyo Convention or the Protocol;
and, in particular, may make regulations:
(c) about the summoning of witnesses, the production of documents, the taking of evidence on oath or affirmation and the payment of witnesses' expenses in proceedings before magistrates under this Act; and
(d) about any other matter of practice or procedure in connection with such proceedings; and
(e) about the protection and immunity of magistrates, legal practitioners and witnesses in connection with such proceedings; and
(f) imposing pecuniary penalties of not more than $500, for
offences against the regulations.