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WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1991 - SECT 25A

Regulations

    (1)     The Governor in Council may make regulations—

        (a)     for the purpose of implementing arrangements with approved authorities in connection with complementary witness protection laws; and

        (b)     for or with respect to any other matter or thing that is required or permitted to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

    (2)     Regulations made under this Act—

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

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

        (c)     may apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document, code, standard, rule, specification or method, formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any person whether—

              (i)     wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations; or

              (ii)     formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the regulations are made or at any time before then; or

              (iii)     as formulated, issued, prescribed or published from time to time; and

        (d)     may leave anything for the approval or satisfaction of a specified person; and

        (e)     may provide in a specified case or class of case for the exemption of persons or things or a specified class of persons or things from any of the provisions of the regulations, whether unconditionally or on specified conditions, and either wholly or to such an extent as specified.

S. 25A(3) inserted by No. 34/2016 s. 24.

    (3)     Regulations may be made under this Act in relation to—

        (a)     the requirements for transmission, disposal and storage of documents or information that the Public Interest Monitor receives in performing the functions of the Public Interest Monitor under this Act; and

        (b)     the notifications required to be given to the Public Interest Monitor under section 20K.

Pt 5 (Heading) inserted by No. 43/2014 s. 35.

Part 5—Transitional provisions

S. 26
inserted by No. 58/1996 s. 11, amended by No. 52/2003 s. 52(Sch.  1 item 14(4))
(ILA s. 39B(1)).



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