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AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES (DISPUTES) ACT 1995 - SECT 25

25 .         Regulations

        (1)         The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for enabling the Board to exercise the jurisdiction conferred on it or otherwise for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         Without derogating from the generality of the power conferred by subsection (1), the regulations may —

            (a)         in relation to the jurisdiction of the Board, provide for sittings of the Board or any tribunal and for security for costs to be given;

            (b)         provide for —

                  (i)         the manner of making a referral to the Board;

                  (ii)         the forms to be used;

                  (iii)         the fees to be paid and their application;

                  (iv)         the payment of witness allowances; and

                  (v)         the amount that may be charged for the provision of transcripts of evidence;

            (c)         assign functions to the Registrar and regulate the manner in which they are to be performed;

            (d)         prescribe generally as to the practice and procedure of the Board, and the effect to be given to any determination of the Board; and

            (e)         subject to any costs determination (as defined in the Legal Profession Act 2008 section 252), prescribe a scale of costs for proceedings before the Board or a tribunal.

        [Section 25 amended by No. 65 of 2003 s. 13(2); No. 21 of 2008 s. 639(3).]



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