TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 171
Regulation-making power
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 171
Regulation-making power
171 Regulation-making power
(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.
(2) A
regulation may be made prescribing offences for a contravention of a
regulation and fixing a maximum penalty of not more than 80 penalty units for
a contravention.
(3) A regulation may—
(a) prescribe fees payable for a
transport Act and the effect of nonpayment; or
(b) allow the chief executive
to refund fees completely or partly or provide concessions; or
(c) prescribe
circumstances in which roads may be closed; or
(d) prescribe offences for
misuse of roads; or
(e) require the collection, keeping or production of
records; or
(f) establish requirements for the certification of instruments
(within the meaning of section 123S); or
(i) light rail
vehicles operating on a light rail established on the light rail land;
(ii)
persons having the permission of the chief executive or a light rail manager
for the light rail to be on the light rail land; or
(i) exempt a person or
vehicle from a provision of this Act.
Example of subsection (3)(d)—
offences for throwing rocks or other things onto roads
(4) A regulation may
enact provisions for the State that are the same as, or substantially similar
to, model legislation or road transport legislation within the meaning of the
National Transport Commission Act 2003 (Cwlth) .
(5) For the provisions
mentioned in subsection (4) , a regulation may—
(a) confer powers on the
chief executive, the commissioner, an authorised officer or an accredited
person; or
