(1) The Governor may
make such regulations as are contemplated by this Act or as are necessary or
expedient for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may—
(a)
prescribe fees for applications to the Council under this Act;
(b)
prescribe an annual fee to be paid to the Council by an occupational
association whose members are subject to a scheme in force under this Act and,
in respect of any such fee—
(i)
provide for the collection of the fee;
(ii)
provide that interest, at the prescribed rate, is payable
on any fee not paid in accordance with the regulations;
(iii)
provide for the remission of any fee;
(c)
impose a penalty, not exceeding $5 000, for a contravention of, or failure to
comply with, a regulation.
(3) A regulation under
this Act—
(a) may
make different provision according to the matters or circumstances to which
they are expressed to apply;
(b) may
provide that a matter or thing in respect of which regulations may be made is
to be determined according to the discretion of the Minister, the Council or
any other person or body prescribed by the regulations;
(c) may,
in relation to fees, prescribe differential fees, or provide for fees to be
determined according to prescribed factors.