(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.
(2) In particular, the
regulations may make provision for or with respect to a matter specified in
Schedule 6.
(3) The regulations may create offences in connection with
elections and polls under this Act by adopting, with such modifications as are
necessary, any of the provisions of the Electoral Act 2017 .
(4) The
regulations may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 10
penalty units or, in the case of an offence created as referred to in
subsection (3), not exceeding the penalty provided for the corresponding
offence in the Electoral Act 2017 .
(5) The regulations may incorporate by
reference, wholly or in part and with or without modification, any standards,
rules, codes, specifications or methods, as in force at a particular time or
as in force from time to time, prescribed or published by any authority or
body, whether or not it is a New South Wales authority or body.
(6) If any
requirement with respect to water, sewerage or drainage works imposed by the
regulations is inconsistent with the requirements of the
Plumbing and Drainage Act 2011 or the regulations under that Act with respect
to the same work, that Act and any regulations under that Act prevail to the
extent of the inconsistency.
