LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 9.61

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 9.61

9.61 .         Provisions about regulations

                Regulations, whether under section 9.59 or 9.60, may —

            (a)         adopt any text that could be adopted by a local law;

            (b)         provide that contravention of a provision of regulations is an offence, and provide for the offence to be punishable on conviction by the imposition of a fine not exceeding $5 000;

            (c)         make a person who commits an offence of a continuing nature liable to a further fine not exceeding $500 in respect of each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued;

            (d)         provide for the imposition of a minimum fine for the offence;

            (e)         relate the level of the fine to —

                  (i)         the circumstances or extent of the offence;

                  (ii)         whether the offender has committed previous offences and, if so, the number of previous offences that the offender has committed;

            (f)         prescribe the method and the means by which any fines imposed are to be paid and collected, or recovered;

            (g)         contain provisions that are necessary or convenient for dealing with matters concerning the transition from the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960 sections 375, 377, 378, 379 and 380, before they were deleted by the Building Act 2011 section 153(2), to the provisions of this Act, including the regulations.

        [Section 9.61 amended: No. 24 of 2011 s. 166(3).]