DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1985 - SECT 52 Power to make regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1985 - SECT 52

    (1)     The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to any matter or thing that by this Act is authorized or required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary to be prescribed for carrying this Act into effect including, but not limited to, the matters and things specified in Schedule 2.

    (2)     A power conferred by this Act to make regulations may be exercised—

        (a)     either in relation to all cases to which the power extends, or in relation to all those cases subject to specified exceptions or in relation to any specified case or class of case; and

        (b)     so as to make, as respects the cases in relation to which it is exercised—

              (i)     the same provision for all cases in relation to which the power is exercised or different provision for different cases or classes of case or different provisions for the same case or class of case for different purposes; or

              (ii)     any such provision either unconditionally or subject to any specified condition.

    (3)     Regulations made under this Act may be made—

        (a)     so as to apply—

              (i)     at all times or at a specified time; or

              (ii)     throughout the whole of the State or in a specified part of the State;

        (b)     so as to require a matter affected by the regulations to be—

              (i)     in accordance with a specified standard or specified requirement; or

              (ii)     approved by or to the satisfaction of a specified person or body or a specified class of persons or body;

        (c)     so as to 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—

              (i)     wholly or partially or as amended by the regulation;

              (ii)     as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the regulation is made or at any time before then; or

              (iii)     as amended from time to time;

        (d)     so as to confer a discretionary authority on a specified person or body or a specified class of persons or body; and

        (e)     so as to provide in a specified case or class of case for the exemption of persons or things or a class of persons or things from any of the provisions of the regulations, whether unconditionally or on specified conditions and either wholly or to such an extent as is specified.

S. 52(3A) inserted by No. 66/2008 s. 25.

    (3A)     Regulations made under this Act—

        (a)     may leave any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, dispensed with or regulated by a specified body, specified person or specified class of persons;

        (b)     may confer powers or impose duties in connection with the regulations on any specified body, specified person or specified class of persons;

        (c)     may permit a person or body on whom a power or function has been conferred under the regulations to authorise another person or body to exercise that power or perform that function.

    (4)     A power conferred by this Act to make regulations providing for the imposition of fees may be exercised by providing for all or any of the following matters—

        (a)     specific fees;

        (b)     maximum or minimum fees;

        (c)     maximum and minimum fees;

        (d)     ad valorem fees;

        (e)     the payment of fees either generally or under specified conditions or in specified circumstances; and

        (f)     the reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of the fees.

    (5)     Where pursuant to subsection (4)(f) regulations provide for a reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of a fee, the reduction, waiver or refund may be expressed to apply or to be applicable either generally or specifically—

        (a)     in respect of certain matters or transactions or classes of matter or transaction;

        (b)     in respect of certain documents or classes of document;

        (c)     when an event happens or ceases to happen;

        (d)     in respect of certain persons or classes of person; or

        (e)     in respect of any combination of such matters, transactions, documents, events or persons—

and may be expressed to apply or to be applicable subject to specified conditions or in the discretion of any specified person or body.

S. 52(6) inserted by No. 48/1989 s. 15(2).

    (6)     The regulations may, for a contravention of the regulations, impose penalties not exceeding the penalties set out in section 45(2).

S. 52(7) inserted by No. 67/2004 s. 13.

    (7)     The regulations must not require licences to be obtained by a primary producer in relation to the storage, use, handling or transfer of dangerous goods by the primary producer (other than explosives and high consequence dangerous goods) being dangerous goods which are used or intended to be used in connexion with the business of the primary producer and are not held by the primary producer for the purpose of resale.

S. 53 repealed by No. 78/1995 s. 8(1), new s. 53 inserted by No. 66/2008 s. 26, expired by force of No. 10189 s. 53(3).

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S. 54 substituted by No. 48/1989 s. 16(1).