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EXPIATION OF OFFENCES ACT 1996 - SECT 20

20—Regulations

        (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—

            (a)         prescribe, or provide for the calculation of, any costs, fees or charges for the purposes of this Act;

            (b)         exempt any person or class of persons from the obligation to pay costs, fees or charges so prescribed;

            (c)         prescribe penalties, not exceeding $5 000, for breach of, or non-compliance with, a regulation.

        (3)         The regulations may—

            (a)         be of general or limited application; and

            (b)         make different provision according to the persons, things or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply; and

            (c)         provide that a specified provision of this Act does not apply, or applies with prescribed variations, to any person, circumstance or situation (or person, circumstance or situation of a prescribed class) specified by the regulations, subject to any condition to which the regulations are expressed to be subject; and

            (d)         provide that any matter or thing is to be determined, dispensed with, regulated or prohibited according to the discretion of the Minister, the Chief Recovery Officer or another prescribed person.

        (4)         The regulations may make provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the commencement of any provisions of this Act (including provisions of a transitional nature modifying any provisions of this Act).



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