MARINE SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 65 OF 2010) - SECT 98 Regulations under this Division

MARINE SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 65 OF 2010) - SECT 98

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

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), regulations may be made for or with respect to prescribing penalties not exceeding—

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—a fine of 20 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both; or

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—a fine of 60 penalty units—

for a contravention of, or failure to comply with, a provision of the regulations or a notice, order, direction or instruction given, issued or made under, or in force by virtue of, the regulations.

    (3)     Regulations made under this Division—

        (a)     may apply, adopt or incorporate, with or without modification, the provisions of any Act or of any regulations made under any Act of, a State or the Commonwealth, as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time; or

        (b)     may apply, adopt or incorporate, with or without modification, any other instrument or writing made at the time the regulation is made or at any time before the regulation is made.

    (4)     In subsection (3)(a), regulations includes orders made in pursuance of regulations made under the Commonwealth Navigation Act to which section 425(1AA) of that Act applies.