Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Sale of Land Act 1962 - SECT 48

Regulations

48. Regulations



(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to-

   (a)  regulating the conduct of public auctions of land;

   (b)  prescribing standard rules for the conduct of public auctions of land;

   (c)  regulating signs and documents relating to public auctions of land;

   (d)  requiring the provision of specified information to potential
        purchasers of land that is to be sold at public auction;

   (e)  prescribing any other matter or thing authorised or required to be
        prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the
        purposes of this Division.

(2) The regulations-

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

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

   (c)  may 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);

   (d)  may apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any existing
        document either wholly, or partially, or as amended by the
        regulations;

   (e)  may confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified
        person or a specified class of person;





   (f)  may provide, in a specified case or class of case, for the exemption
        of people or things from any of the provisions of the regulations,
        whether unconditionally or on specified conditions, and either wholly
        or to the extent specified;

   (g)  may impose a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units for a
        contravention of the regulations.

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