Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act,
and in particular:
(c) prescribing procedures for the medical examination of injured workers;
(d) prescribing the duties and fees of medical referees appointed under this Act;
(e) prescribing the procedure relating to compulsory insurance and approval of insurance companies;
(f) relating to the furnishing of returns to the Authority by employers and approved insurers in relation to the policies of insurance or indemnity taken out by employers against their liability under this Act;
(g) prescribing the amount of compensation payable or by reference to which compensation is to be calculated;
(h) prescribing the rate of interest for the purpose of the formula in section 89;
(ha) relating to the procedure for the mediation of disputes;
(j) relating to the information an employer is to supply an insurer for the purposes of section 130(1)(a);
(m) relating to the manner of verification of a statement referred to in section 130(1)(a);
(n) prescribing the particulars to be kept by an employer in relation to the wages paid to workers employed by him or her;
(p) prescribing an amount of premium payable for the purposes of section 131(1)(b);
(q) prescribing interest to be paid for the purposes of section 131(3) by an employer on amounts owing to an insurer;
(qa) regulating or prohibiting:
(i) the manufacture, supply or use of any plant;
(ii) the manufacture, supply, use, storage or transport of any substance; or
(iii) the carrying on of any process or the carrying out of any operation;
(qb) relating to the safety of workers engaged in construction and other work;
(qc) relating to the registration of a workplace or any plant or substance;
(qd) relating to the licensing of a person carrying out processes or activities under this Act;
(qe) relating to the imposition of conditions applying to registrations and licences (including the imposition of conditions by prescribed persons);
(qf) relating to the service of notices under the Regulations;
(qg) relating to matters of evidence, including the averring of facts, in respect of prosecutions of offences against the Regulations;
(qh) relating to the rehabilitation of injured workers;
(qj) providing for the exemption of persons, places or activities from the application of all or part of the Regulations;
(qk) providing for the payment of a prescribed amount in lieu of a penalty which may otherwise be imposed for an offence against this Act or for a breach of the Regulations;
(ql) providing for the service of notices on persons alleged to have infringed this Act or breached the Regulations and particulars to be included in such notices;
(qm) relating to fees and charges payable under the Regulations;
(r) prescribing the powers of the Authority or officers in relation to investigations at workplaces; and
(s) prescribing penalties, not exceeding 40 penalty units, for a breach of the Regulations.
(2) The Regulations may incorporate or adopt by reference the provisions of any document, standard, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any authority or body whether:
(a) wholly or partly, or as amended by the Regulations;
(b) as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the Regulations are made or at any time before then; or
(c) as amended after the making of the Regulations, but only where the Minister has published in the Gazette a notice that the particular amendment is to be incorporated in the Regulations.