Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Accident Compensation (WorkCover Insurance) Act 1993 - SECT 72

Regulations

72. Regulations



(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to
prescribing any matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be
prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

(2) Regulations made under this Act-

   (a)  may be of general or of specially limited application;

   (b)  may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstances;

   (c)  may leave any matter or things to be from time to time determined,
        applied, dispensed with or regulated by a person or body specified in
        the regulation;

   (d)  may confer powers or impose duties in connection with the regulations
        on a person or body specified in the regulations;

   (e)  may apply, adopt or incorporate, with or without modification any
        matter contained in any document, code, standard, rule, specification
        or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any authority
        or body as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the
        regulation is made or at any time before the regulation is made;

   (f)  may make provision for or in relation to any matter by applying,
        adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, the
        provisions of any Act of the Commonwealth or of any statutory rule or
        other instrument made under an Act of the Commonwealth, as in force at
        a particular time or as in force from time to time;

   (g)  may impose a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units for any
        contravention of the regulations.

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