Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor - General may make regulations prescribing all 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 make provision in relation to:
(a) prohibiting or regulating any act or thing likely to cause interference, or risk of interference, to radiocommunications; or
(b) prohibiting or regulating making of radio emissions from a place within a specified area; or
(c) prohibiting or regulating making of radio emissions in a way likely to cause an explosion; or
(g) refund of charges on surrender of certificates or licences; or
(h) issue and return of duplicates of licences, certificates and permits, and of licences granted under the regulations; or
(i) any matter incidental to or connected with any of the foregoing.
(3) The power to make regulations in relation to a matter is not limited merely by the fact that:
(a) this Act makes provision in relation to the matter; or
(b) this Act expressly allows such provision to be made:
(i) by legislative rules, equipment rules, advisory guidelines or orders; or
(ii) by specifying conditions to which licences or permits are subject.
(4) Paragraph (2)(c) is not intended to limit or exclude concurrent operation of a law of a State or Territory.
(5) The regulations may provide, in respect of an offence against the regulations, for imposition of a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(6) The limitation imposed by subsection (5) on the penalties that the regulations may prescribe does not prevent the regulations from requiring a person to make a statutory declaration.