(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 do any of the
following:
(a)
prohibit, regulate or restrict a specified activity or a specified class of
activity on Crown land or on a specified area of Crown land;
(b)
provide that a person undertaking a specified activity, or an activity of a
specified class, or proposing to undertake a specified activity, or an
activity of a specified class on Crown land or on a specified area of Crown
land, comply with any prescribed requirement or condition;
(c)
prohibit, restrict or regulate access to Crown land or specified areas of
Crown land;
(d)
provide for the impounding, removal or disposal of any vehicle or other
property on Crown land;
(e)
prescribe fees to be paid with respect to a matter under this Act and provide
for their recovery or waiver or reduction by the Minister;
(f)
prescribe expiation fees (not exceeding $315) for alleged offences
against the regulations;
(g)
prescribe fines (not exceeding $5 000) for offences against the regulations.
(3) Regulations under
this Act—
(a) may
be of general application or limited application;
(b) may
make different provision according to the matters or circumstances to which
they are expressed to apply;
(c) 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 or any other
person or body prescribed by the regulations;
(d) may
apply or incorporate, wholly or partially and with or without modification, a
code, standard, policy or other document prepared or published by the Minister
or another prescribed body.
(4) A regulation under
this Act may make provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on
the enactment of this Act or on the commencement of specified provisions of
this Act or specified regulations.
(5) A provision
referred to in subsection (4) may, if the regulations so provide, take
effect from a day that is earlier than the day on which the regulation is made
but, in such a case, the provision does not operate so as—
(a) to
affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the Crown), the
rights of that person existing before the date of publication of the
regulation; or
(b) to
impose liabilities on any person (other than the Crown) in respect of any
thing done or omitted to be done before the date of publication of the
regulation.