MOTOR VEHICLES (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1942 - SECT 45
Regulations
MOTOR VEHICLES (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1942 - SECT 45
Regulations
45 Regulations
(1) The Governor may make regulations not inconsistent with this Act
prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be
prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed to carry
this Act into effect.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the power
conferred by subsection (1), the Governor may make regulations with respect
to:
(a) the exemption, subject to such conditions (if any) as may be
specified, from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act of:
(i) motor vehicles or specified classes of motor vehicles which are owned by
persons ordinarily resident outside New South Wales and which are temporarily
in New South Wales,
(iii)
persons in respect of a specified class or specified classes of motor vehicles
(including motor vehicles or specified classes of motor vehicles which are
owned by persons ordinarily resident outside New South Wales and which are
temporarily in New South Wales),
(b) the granting of refunds, subject to such
conditions as may be prescribed, of portion of premiums in cases where
third-party policies are cancelled,
(c) the circumstances under which and the
conditions (which may include the payment of a prescribed fee) subject to
which the records kept and documents filed in the Commissioner's office for
the purposes of this Act may be inspected or the information contained in such
records or documents may be made available, or certificates of the
Commissioner or a prescribed officer may be given,
(d) the furnishing to a
prescribed person by the Government Insurance Office of prescribed
particulars, verified as prescribed, which may be necessary or convenient to
be ascertained from time to time for the purpose of enabling the Governor to
decide what maximum amounts of premiums should be prescribed, or for the
purpose of enabling the Commissioner to make any determination under section
31,
(e) the imposition of a requirement that a duplicate of the certificate
of insurance shall be carried on insured motor vehicles, and shall be produced
to prescribed persons on demand.
(3) A regulation may impose a penalty not
exceeding 3 penalty units for any breach thereof.
(4) A regulation may be of
general or specially limited application and may apply to all cases generally,
to any specified class of cases or to any particular case.
(5) A regulation
may be made to apply either to all motor vehicles or to any specified class of
motor vehicles or to all motor vehicles with the exception of a specified
class.
(6) A regulation may authorise any matter or thing to be from time to
time determined, applied or regulated by the Minister or the Commissioner
either generally or for any class of cases or in any particular case, or may
confer on the Minister or the Commissioner or other prescribed person any
power or authority necessary or convenient for carrying into effect all or any
of the provisions of the regulations.
