Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Commission may
with the approval of the Governor —
(a) make
rules for any purpose for which rules are contemplated or required by this
Act; and
(b) make
all such other rules as the Commission considers to be necessary or convenient
for giving full effect to the provisions of, and for the better and more
efficient administration of, this Act.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1) the Commission may so make
rules —
(a)
prescribing, for the purposes of section 14, scales of fees to be used in
determining the fees that are to be payable to private practitioners for
performing services by way of legal assistance under Division 3 of Part
V;
(b)
prescribing the mode of proof (including a requirement for the furnishing of
statutory declarations) of, and the onus of proof in respect of, matters
requiring to be proved for the purposes of this Act;
(c) so
as to require a matter or thing affected by the rules to be in accordance with
a specified requirement or as approved by a specified person or body and so as
to delegate to, or confer upon, a specified person or body a discretionary
authority;
(d)
imposing a penalty not exceeding $100 for the breach of any of the rules; and
(e) so
as to require an application or other document made or furnished under or for
the purposes of this Act to be verified by statutory declaration.
[Section 67 amended by No. 113 of 1978
s. 13.]