HOME BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1991 - SECT 32
HOME BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1991 - SECT 32
32 . 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 giving effect to the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1), regulations made for the purposes of Part 3A
may provide for home indemnity insurance or corresponding cover generally and
in particular may —
(a)
exempt any specified home building work or any specified class of home
building work from the requirements of that Part, either unconditionally or
subject to such conditions as are specified in the regulations; and
(b)
exempt any person or builder or any specified class of persons or builders
from the requirements of that Part, either unconditionally or subject to such
conditions as are specified in the regulations; and
(c)
require the provision of information about home indemnity insurance or
corresponding cover in the circumstances and manner set forth in the
regulations.
(3) The regulations
may provide that a contravention of a regulation or a provision of a
regulation constitutes an offence and provide for penalties not exceeding a
fine of $5 000.
[Section 32 amended: No. 72 of 1996 s. 6; No. 37
of 2002 s. 18.]