Character Preservation (Barossa Valley) Act 2012

The Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for the purposes of, this Act.

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), those regulations may—

make provision in relation to the referral of any application for development authorisation to the State Planning Commission for the purposes of section 8(2); and

prescribe fees in respect of any matter under this Act and provide for their payment, recovery or waiver; and

prohibit or restrict the undertaking of a specified activity, or an activity of a specified class, in the district, or in a specified part of the district (despite any other Act or law); and

provide that a person undertaking a specified activity, or an activity of a specified class, or proposing to undertake a specified activity, or an activity of a specified class, in the district, or in a specified part of the district, comply with any prescribed requirement or condition (despite any other Act or law); and

prescribe fines, not exceeding $10 000, for offences against the regulations.

The regulations may—

be of general application or vary in their application according to prescribed factors;

provide that a matter or thing in respect of which regulations may be made is to be determined according to the discretion of the Minister or any other person or body.

Before a regulation is made under this Act, the Minister must (in such manner as the Minister thinks fit) consult with, and consider any submissions of, relevant councils.