Homes Tasmania Act 2022

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

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may – prescribe the duties of valuers and the scale of their remuneration; and fix the scale of costs and fees for the preparation and completion of leases and rent-purchase contracts, and for the valuation of securities; and prescribe the accounts, registers and books to be kept and the manner of keeping them.

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 50 penalty units.

The regulations may be made so as to apply differently according to matters, limitations or restrictions, whether as to time, circumstance or otherwise, specified in the regulations.

The regulations may authorise any matter to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by the Minister, Homes Tasmania or the Homes Tasmania CEO.

The regulations may adopt, either wholly or in part and with or without modification, and either specifically or by reference, any standards, rules, codes or specifications, whether the standards, rules, codes or specifications are published or issued before or after the commencement of a provision of this Act.

The regulations may rescind regulations or other subordinate legislation made under the repealed Act.

The regulations may – provide for savings or transitional matters necessary or expedient for bringing this Act into operation; and provide for any of those savings or transitional matters to take effect on a day on which a provision of this Act commences or on a later day specified in the regulations, whether the day so specified is before, on or after the day on which the regulations are made.