Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT AND OFFSHORE FACILITIES SECURITY ACT 2003 - SECT 209

  (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.

  (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.