South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts (1) The Governor may
make such regulations as are contemplated by, or as are necessary or expedient
for the purposes of, this Act.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may—
(a)
require the provision of reports, returns, documents and other forms of
information to the Minister or any other prescribed person or body;
(b)
require the keeping of records, statistics and any other information by any
person or body;
(c)
authorise the Minister (or any person authorised by the Minister) to inspect
any information required to be kept under the regulations and require any
person to permit or facilitate any such inspection;
(d)
require the giving of notice before any prescribed class of activity is
commenced, and the notification of the occurrence of any prescribed class of
event;
(e)
provide for a scheme under which the Minister may set targets, including
interim targets, for the State Government, and specific targets for specific
government agencies or instrumentalities, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
from their activities within the State that are at least equivalent to the SA
target;
(f)
provide for the service of any notice or document;
(g)
regulate the release or publication of information of a specified kind
obtained in the administration of this Act;
(h)
prescribe fines, not exceeding $10 000, for contravention of a
regulation.
(3) Regulations under
this Act—
(a) may
be of general application or limited application;
(b) may
make different provision according to the matters or circumstances to which
they are expressed to apply;
(c) may
provide that a matter or thing in respect of which regulations may be made is
to be determined according to the discretion of the Minister or any other
person or body prescribed by the regulations.