New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1978 - SECT 77

77 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.

(2) In particular, the regulations may make provision for:

(a) the form, manner of service and time of issue in any year of notices specifying the amount of a meat industry levy, or

(b) objections by occupiers to the validity of a meat industry levy, or

(c) all other matters incidental to the regulation of meat industry levies.

(2A) 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 an authority or body (whether or not it is a New South Wales authority or body).

(3) A regulation may impose a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units for an offence against the regulations and, in addition, for a continuing offence, a daily penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units.

(4) 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 person or body specified or described in the regulation,

or may do any combination of those things.