Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DARWIN RECONSTRUCTION ACT 1975 No. 2 of 1975 - SECT 62

62. (1) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be
prescribed or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the carrying
out or giving effect to this Act, or facilitating the performance by the
Commission of its functions, and in particular-

   (a)  for the procedure and other matters related to the formulation of
        planning and development schemes in connexion with development and
        construction in the Darwin Area and for securing the observance of
        such schemes;

   (b)  for suspending or modifying, or adapting for the purposes of this Act,
        the operation of a law of the Territory dealing with a matter to which
        the functions or powers of the Commission relate;

   (c)  for authorizing or requiring an authority established by, or a person
        holding office under, a law of the Territory to perform functions or
        duties for the purposes of this Act or the regulations;

   (d)  making provision for and in relation to reviews and appeals (including
        appeals to the courts of the Territory) in respect of matters arising
        under this Act or the regulations; and

   (e)  for prescribing penalties not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for 3
        months, or both, for offences against the regulations and, in
        addition, penalties not exceeding $100 for each day during which a
        contravention of the regulations continues.

(2) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), provision shall be
made by the regulations for and in relation to the payment of compensation by
the Commission or by Australia in respect of matters to which this Act or the
regulations relate.

(3) Regulations under this Act have effect notwithstanding anything
inconsistent with those regulations contained in an Ordinance of the Territory
or in an instrument under such an Ordinance, whether made before or after the
commencement of this Act.
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