14Regulations
(cf Cth Act ss 16 and 24 (2) and
(3))
(1)
The Governor may make regulations, not
inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act
is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient
to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this
Act.
(2)
The regulations may apply, adopt or incorporate,
whether wholly or in part or with or without modifications, any publication
(including any Act or regulation of the Commonwealth) as in force from time to
time.
Note—
Section 42 (1) of the Interpretation Act 1987 provides that if
an Act authorises or requires provision to be made for or with respect to any
matter by a statutory rule, such a rule may make provision for or with respect
to that matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without
modification, the provisions of any Act or statutory rule or of any other
publication, whether of the same or of a different kind.
However, section 69 of that Act ensures that a
reference to any such publication is to be read as a reference to the
publication as in force on the day the Act or instrument takes effect unless
the Act or instrument provides for the application, adoption or incorporation
of the publication as in force from time to time.
(3)
Without limiting the scope of this section,
section 15 or section 15A, the regulations may make provision for or with
respect to the same kinds of matters concerning registration, the use of
registered and unregistered vehicles, number-plates, vehicle standards and
inspections in respect of which regulations could have been made under section
3 (1) of the Traffic Act 1909, as in force
immediately before its amendment by this Act.
(4)
The regulations may create offences punishable by
a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(5)
The regulations may provide for the day on which
the service of any notice or other document under this Act or the regulations
is to be taken to have been effected.
(6)
The regulations may provide for the inclusion of
an additional fee in respect of the lodging of any late application in respect
of the renewal or transfer of registration and for when the Authority may
waive that fee.
(7)
A regulation may impose a fee in respect of the
registration or inspection of a registrable vehicle despite the fact that the
fee may also comprise a tax.
s 14: Am 1998 No 26,
Sch 1 [7]–[9].