PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 112 Regulations

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 112

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

S. 112(1A) inserted by No. 39/2017 s. 6(1).

    (1A)     Without limiting subsection (1), the Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to any matter or thing required or permitted by Part 5A of this Act, including but not limited to—

        (a)     prescribing or regulating public interest purposes for which a public sector body may publish public sector communications;

        (b)     prescribing or regulating standards for public sector communications published by or on behalf of a public sector body;

        (c)     prescribing or regulating advertising standards and advertising requirements for the publication of public sector communications by or on behalf of a public sector body.

S. 112(1B) inserted by No. 39/2017 s. 6(1).

    (1B)     Regulations made under subsection (1A) may be disallowed in whole or in part by the Parliament.

    (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

S. 112(2)(b) amended by No. 39/2017 s. 6(2).

        (b)     so as to make, in respect of the cases in relation to which the power is exercised—

              (i)     the same provision for all cases in relation to which the power is exercised, or different provisions 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; or

              (iii)     as specified in both subparagraphs (i) and (ii); and

        (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 a specified class of person; or

              (iii)     as specified in both subparagraphs (i) and (ii); and

        (c)     so as to apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document, code, standard, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any person whether—

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

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

              (iii)     as formulated, issued, prescribed or published from time to time; and

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

        (f)     so as to impose a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units for a contravention of the regulations.

Ss 113, 114 repealed by No. 80/2006 s. 24(4).

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