New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD OBSTRUCTIONS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1979 - SECT 10

10 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 for carrying out or giving effect to this Act and, in particular, for or with respect to:

(a) the release of any motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle impounded under this Act,

(b) the moving of any motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle for the purposes of this Act,

(c) the disposal, whether by way of sale, destruction or otherwise, of any motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle impounded under this Act, and

(d) the payment of compensation to any person where goods are damaged by virtue of the exercise of any powers pursuant to this Act or any person having an interest in any land of which possession is taken under section 5 (2).

(2) 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,

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

(d) impose a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units for any breach of the regulations,

or may do any combination of those things.

(3) Notwithstanding section 39 of the Interpretation Act 1987 , a regulation shall, if expressed to do so, take effect from any date specified in the regulation that is the date of, or a date that is after, the date appointed and notified under section 2 (2), but nothing in this subsection shall cause any person to be guilty of any offence by reason of any act or omission occurring before the date on which the regulation is published in the Gazette.