(1) The Governor may
make such regulations as are contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for
the purposes of, this Act.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may—
(a) make
provision in relation to the electronic transfer of information for the
purposes of this Act, including specifying—
(i)
technical or operational requirements relating to such
transfer; or
(ii)
a particular application, software or device, or a
particular class of application, software or device, to be used for that
purpose;
(b)
require licence holders to comply with a code of conduct or practice;
(c) make
provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of
this Act or the commencement of specified provisions of this Act or specified
regulations under this Act;
(d)
incorporate or operate by reference to a specified code or standard as in
force at a specified time or as in force from time to time;
(e) fix
fees to be paid in respect of any matter under this Act and regulate the
recovery, refund, waiver or reduction of such fees;
(f)
impose a penalty, not exceeding a fine of $10 000, for contravention of,
or non-compliance with, a regulation;
(g) fix
expiation fees, not exceeding $315, for alleged offences against the
regulations.
(3) The regulations
may—
(a) be
of general application or limited application;
(b) make
different provision according to the matters or circumstances to which they
are expressed to apply;
(c)
provide that a specified provision of this Act does not apply, or applies with
prescribed variations, to any person, circumstance or situation (or person,
circumstance or situation of a specified class) specified by the regulations,
subject to any condition to which the regulations are expressed to be subject;
and
(d)
provide that a matter or thing in respect of which regulations may be made is
to be determined according to the discretion of the Commissioner or the
Minister.
(4) If a code or
standard is referred to or incorporated in the regulations—
(a) a
copy of the code or standard must be kept available for inspection by members
of the public, without charge and during normal office hours, at an office
determined by the Minister; and
(b)
evidence of the contents of the code or standard may be given in any legal
proceedings by production of a document apparently certified by the Minister
to be a true copy of the code or standard.