Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to—
S. 51(1)(a) amended by No. 87/1995 s. 13(d).
(a) the control, management and use of the declared area in respect of a year during the race period in respect of that year or of a designated access area;
S. 51(1)(b) amended by No. 87/1995 s. 13(e).
(b) the prohibition or regulation of any activity in the declared area in respect of a year during the race period in respect of that year or in a designated access area;
S. 51(1)(c) amended by No. 87/1995 s. 13(f).
(c) the exclusion or expulsion from the declared area in respect of a year during the race period in respect of that year or from a designated access area of persons found contravening the regulations;
S. 51(1)(ca) inserted by No. 87/1995 s. 13(g).
(ca) for the purpose of the safe and orderly carrying out of works, provision of services or undertaking of activities in the declared area in respect of a year or in a designated access area, the regulation of the conduct of persons within that declared area or designated access area, during a specified period not exceeding 17 weeks and—
(i) beginning not more than 12 weeks before the race period in respect of that year; and
(ii) ending not more than 4 weeks after that race period;
S. 51(1)(cb) inserted by No. 87/1995 s. 13(g).
(cb) the exclusion or expulsion, during a specified period not exceeding 17 weeks and—
(i) beginning not more than 12 weeks before the race period in respect of a year; and
(ii) ending not more than 4 weeks after that race period—
from the declared area in respect of that year or from a designated access area of persons who, within the area, obstruct, hinder or endanger the carrying out of works, the provision of services or any other activity undertaken by or on behalf of the Corporation under this Act;
S. 51(1)(d) amended by No. 87/1995 s. 13(h).
(d) the prohibition or regulation of the driving or parking or leaving parked of vehicles within the declared area in respect of a year during the race period in respect of that year or within a designated access area;
S. 51(1)(e) amended by No. 87/1995 s. 13(i).
(e) the prohibition or regulation of any activity in an area fenced off or cordoned off in accordance with section 32 or 32A;
(f) prescribing any other matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.
(2) The regulations—
(a) may be of general or limited application;
(b) may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance;
(c) may confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified person or class of persons;
(d) may impose a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units for a contravention of the regulations.
S. 51(3) amended by No. 78/2010 s. 24(Sch. 1 item 3.1).
(3) Regulations made under this section may be disallowed in whole or in part by resolution of either House of the Parliament.
S. 51(4) repealed by No. 78/2010 s. 24(Sch. 1 item 3.2).
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(5) In proceedings in respect of an offence against a regulation—
S. 51(5)(a) amended by No. 45/2009 s. 3.
(a) an allegation in the complaint that a person named in the complaint was the owner of a specified vehicle on a specified day is deemed to be proved in the absence of evidence to the contrary; and
S. 51(5)(b) amended by No. 45/2009 s. 3.
(b) if it is proved that a vehicle was parked on any land in contravention of a regulation, it shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the vehicle was so parked by the owner of the vehicle.
S. 51(6) amended by Nos 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 3(1)), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 7.3).
(6) If a police officer or a person authorised in writing by the Corporation for the purposes of this subsection has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence against a regulation under subsection (1)(d), he or she may cause to be served an infringement notice.
S. 51(6A) inserted by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 3(2)).
(6A) An offence referred to in subsection (6) for which an infringement notice may be served is an infringement offence within the meaning of the Infringements Act 2006 .
S. 51(6B) inserted by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 3(2)).
(6B) The infringement penalty for an offence referred to in subsection (6) is the prescribed penalty in respect of the offence.
(7) Part 7 of the Road Safety Act 1986 applies in respect of an infringement referred to in subsection (6) as if the infringement were a parking infringement within the meaning of that Part.
S. 51(8) inserted by No. 39/1995 s. 6.
(8) A reference in section 458 of the Crimes Act 1958 to an offence includes a reference to an offence against a regulation made under this Act.
New s. 52 inserted by No. 45/2009 s. 4.