Higher Education Act 2004

The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters:

required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

The Regulations may provide for any of the following:

fees payable, and the refund (wholly or partly) of fees paid, under this Act;

the exemption of an entity from the operation of this Act, or any stated provision of this Act, either unconditionally or subject to conditions;

penalties for offences against the Regulations not exceeding

10 penalty units for a natural person and 50 penalty units for a body corporate.

The Regulations may apply, adopt or incorporate (wholly or partly and with or without modification) a document as in force at a particular time or from time to time.