Suicide Prevention Act 2021

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), the regulations may—

provide for the registration, accreditation or other recognition of suicide prevention networks; and

provide for the exemption of a person or body, or a class of persons or bodies, from the operation of a specified provision or provisions of this Act; and

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

provide for the keeping of registers and access to registers;

prescribe penalties, not exceeding $5 000, for offences against the regulations; and

fix expiation fees for alleged offences against the regulations;

provide for the facilitation of proof of the commission of offences against the regulations.

The regulations may—

be of general or limited application; and

make different provision according to the matters or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply; and

make provisions of a saving or transitional nature;

provide that a matter or thing in respect of which regulations may be made is to be determined according to the discretion of a specified person or body; and

apply or incorporate, wholly or partially and with or without modification, a code, standard, policy or other document prepared or published by the Minister or another specified person or body.

If a code, standard or other document is referred to or incorporated in the regulations—

a copy of the code, standard or other document must be kept available for public inspection, without charge and during ordinary office hours, at an office or offices specified in the regulations; and

evidence of the contents of the code, standard or other document may be given in any legal proceedings by production of a document apparently certified by the Minister to be a true copy of the code, standard or other document.