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BUSHFIRES ACT - SECT 61

Regulations

    (1)     The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

    (2)     Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Regulations may make provision for or with respect to:

        (a)     the functions and management of volunteer bushfire brigades; and

        (b)     the conditions under which camp-fires and fires for the purpose of disposing of animal carcasses or household or other rubbish may be used.

    (3)     The Regulations may provide for any of the following matters:

        (a)     the application, adoption or incorporation (wholly or in part and with or without modification) of an instrument or other document as in force at a particular time or from time to time;

        (b)     penalties not exceeding $10 000 for offences against the Regulations;

        (c)     offences against the Regulations to be regulatory offences;

        (d)     the payment of a prescribed amount instead of a penalty that may otherwise be imposed for an offence against this Act or the Regulations, the service of a notice relating to the payment of the amount on a person alleged to have committed the offence and the particulars to be included in the notice.



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