New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BANANA INDUSTRY ACT 1987 - SECT 31

31 Regulations

(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act and, in particular, for or with respect to:

(a) any of the functions of the Minister or the Committee under this Act,

(b) the use and custody of the seal of the Committee,

(c) the taking of any poll or the conduct of an election, including the method of voting at a poll or election,

(d) matters concerning the compilation and revision of lists of banana growers required or entitled to vote at any poll or election,

(e) matters concerning the method of determining the qualification and voting entitlements of banana growers eligible to vote at any poll or election,

(f) the manner in which the results of a poll or election taken under this Act shall be notified, and

(g) prescribing forms to be used for the purposes of this Act.

(2) A regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(3) A provision of a regulation may:

(a) apply generally or be limited in its application by reference to specified exceptions or factors,

(b) apply differently according to different factors of a specified kind, or

(c) authorise any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by any specified person or body,

or may do any combination of those things.