South Australian Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934 - SECT 691

691—Regulations

        (1)         The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters and things which by this Act are contemplated, required, or permitted to be prescribed by regulation, or which may be necessary or convenient for giving effect to the provisions or objects of this Act, and in particular (without derogating from the general power), the Governor may make regulations—

            (ag)         prescribing the fee or charge that a council may charge in respect of a particular matter;

            (c)         prescribing forms in substitution for the forms set out in the schedules to this Act.

        (1a)         Regulations made under this Act may be of general or limited application.

        (2)         Regulations made under this Act may incorporate, adopt, apply or make prescriptions by reference to, with or without modification, any code or standard prepared or published by a prescribed body as in force at the time the regulations are made or as in force from time to time.

        (3)         Where a code or standard is incorporated, adopted, applied or referred to under subsection (2)—

            (a)         a copy of the code or standard must be kept available for inspection by members of the public, without charge and during normal office hours, in such place or places as the regulations may prescribe; and

            (b)         in any legal proceedings, evidence of the code or standard may be given by production of a document purporting to be certified by or on behalf of the Attorney-General as a true copy of the code or standard; and

            (c)         the code or standard has effect as if it were a regulation made under this Act.