Child Care Act 2001

The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

The regulations may prescribe the fees payable under this Act, the regulations or the Standards and those fees may be prescribed on an annual or other basis, as a rate of interest or in any other manner.

The regulations may provide that any fee payable under this Act may vary by reference to a reasonable estimate of the cost of investigations and other work required to be done by the Secretary for the purposes of this Act.

The regulations may provide that the Secretary may waive payment of part or all of any fee payable under the regulations.

Regulations may be made so as to apply differently according to the matters, limitations or restrictions specified in the regulations.

The regulations may – provide that a contravention of any of the regulations is an offence; and in respect of such an offence, provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

The regulations may authorise any matter to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by any person or body specified in the regulations.

The regulations may adopt either wholly or partly and with or without modification, and either specifically or by reference, any enactment, any regulations or other instrument made under an enactment or any other document, whether the enactment, the regulations or other instrument made under an enactment or the other document are published or issued before or after the commencement of this section.

A reference in subsection (6) to an enactment, regulations or other instrument made under an enactment or any other document includes a reference to an amendment to the enactment, the regulations or other instrument made under an enactment or the other document, whether the amendment is published or issued before or after the commencement of this section.

The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act or the making of the regulations or the Standards.

A provision referred to in subsection (8) may take effect on and from the day on which this Act commences or a later day.