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ESSENTIAL SERVICES COMMISSION ACT 2001 - SECT 65

Regulations

    (1)     The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to any matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

S. 65(2) repealed by No. 21/2019 s. 11(1), new  s. 65(2) inserted by No. 41/2021 s. 37.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may—

        (a)     prescribe provisions of this Act or Codes of Practice as civil penalty requirements;

        (b)     prescribe amounts for the purposes of section 54E(a);

        (c)     prescribe amounts of notice penalties for the purposes of section 54U(a);

        (d)     prescribe any other matter that is required for the operation of civil penalty orders in Division 1 of Part 7;

        (e)     prescribe any other matter that is required to be prescribed for the operation of the penalty notice regime in Division 2 of Part 7.

    (3)     The regulations—

        (a)     may be of general or limited application; and

        (b)     may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance; and

        (c)     may impose penalties not exceeding 10 penalty units for a contravention of or an offence under the regulations; and

        (d)     may apply, adopt or incorporate (with or without modification)—

              (i)     the provisions of any document, code, standard, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any person or body whether as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the regulations are made, or at any time before then; or

S. 65(3)(d)(ii) amended by No. 44/2014 s. 33(Sch. item 11).

              (ii)     the provisions of any Act of the Commonwealth or of another State or   of a Territory or any matter contained in an Index published by the Commonwealth or of another State or of a Territory or any matter contained in an Index published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics or the provisions of any subordinate instrument under any of those Acts, whether wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations or as in force or published at a particular time or from time to time; and

S. 65(3)(e) amended by No. 21/2019 s. 11(2).

        (e)     may leave any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, dispensed with or regulated by the Commission; and

S. 65(3)(f) amended by No. 21/2019 s. 11(2).

        (f)     may confer powers or impose duties in connection with the regulations on the Commission.

    (4)     The Regulations are subject to disallowance by a House of the Parliament.



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