Criminal Procedure Act 2009

The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to—

prescribing by scale or otherwise the costs of and incidental to proceedings in the County Court on an appeal under section 254, 257 or 260; and

prescribing allowances and expenses to be paid to prosecution witnesses, intermediaries and interpreters—

in criminal trials and criminal appeal proceedings in the Supreme Court and in criminal trials in the County Court;

in criminal proceedings in the Magistrates' Court and Children's Court and in appeal proceedings in the County Court;

prescribing allowances and expenses to be paid to witnesses and interpreters—

attending on the order of the Court of Appeal or examined in a proceeding incidental to a criminal appeal or new trial;

attending for examination by a person appointed by the Court of Appeal for the purposes of criminal appeal proceedings;

prescribing allowances and expenses to be paid to a special commissioner appointed by the Court of Appeal to examine a question arising on criminal appeal proceedings;

the making, use (including for training and evaluation purposes), possession, copying, storage, access to and destruction of an audio or audiovisual recording referred to in Chapter 4 or 5 or Part 8.2 or made in a proceeding in which an intermediary is appointed under Part 8.2A or any copy or transcript of such an audio or audiovisual recording;

prescribing the form of a disclosure certificate and any matter required to be described in a disclosure certificate;

any other matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

The regulations—

may be of general or limited application; and

may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstances; and

may confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified person or body or class of persons or bodies; and

may leave any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, dispensed with or regulated by a specified person; and

may provide in a specified case or class of cases for the exemption of persons or things or a class of persons or things from any of the provisions of the regulations whether unconditionally or on specified conditions and either wholly or to any extent that is specified.