Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor - General may make regulations prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
Note: See section 134 for the extra - territorial operation of regulations.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may:
(a) prescribe fees in respect of matters under this Act (including the regulations); and
(b) prescribe penalties of not more than 50 penalty units for offences against the regulations.
(3) Paragraph (2)(b) does not limit any provision in this Act that provides for the regulations to prescribe penalties higher than 50 penalty units.