Service Victoria Act 2018

The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to any matter required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

Regulations made under this section may—

be of general or limited application;

differ according to differences in time, place or circumstances;

confer a discretionary power or authority or impose a duty on a specified person or body or a class of person or body;

exempt specified persons or things or classes of person or classes of thing from complying with all or any of the regulations—

whether unconditionally or on specified conditions; and

either wholly or to such an extent as is specified;

apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document whether—

wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations; or

as in force at a particular time; or

as in force from time to time;

for the purposes of section 17, prescribe payable fees and charges, including as—

specific fees or charges; or

maximum fees or charges; or

fees or charges that vary according to differences in time, place or circumstances;

provide for the reduction, waiver, deferral or refund, in whole or part, of fees or charges under section 17;

prescribe the circumstances in which any reduction, waiver, deferral or refund, in whole or part, of fees or charges under section 17, apply.

If the regulations provide for a refund in whole or part, of a fee or charge, the Consolidated Fund is appropriated to the necessary extent to enable any refund to be paid.

Without limiting the requirements of section 5 or 10, the Minister must not recommend to the Governor in Council the making of a regulation—

for the purposes of section 5 prescribing as a transferred customer service function a customer service function of a service agency which is a Council; or

for the purposes of section 10 prescribing as a transferred identity verification function an identity verification function of a service agency which is a Council—

The Minister must not recommend to the Governor in Council the making of a regulation for the purposes of section 54(2)—

prescribing an entity as an entity to which the Service Victoria CEO may disclose regulated information; or

prescribing a purpose as a purpose for which the Service Victoria CEO may disclose regulated information—