Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008

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

Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may – provide for fees and charges payable in respect of any matter under this Act; or provide for the extension of time for payment of any fee or charge; or provide for the waiving of any fee or charge; or provide for the refunding of any fee or charge.

Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may require any document or information that is required to be provided or given to any person to be verified by statutory declaration.

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 – 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 100 penalty units.

The regulations may authorise any matter to be from time to time determined, applied, approved or regulated by the Minister, the Treasurer or the Regulator.

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

A reference in subsection (7) to standards, rules, codes or specifications includes a reference to an amendment of those standards, rules, codes or specifications, 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 the relevant provision or provisions of this Act.

Regulations made under subsection (9) may take effect on the day on which the relevant provision or provisions of this Act commences or commence or a later day as specified in the regulations, whether the day so specified is before, on or after the day on which the regulations are made.