Tasmanian Numbered Acts

TOTE TASMANIA (SALE) ACT 2009 (NO. 8 OF 2009) - SECT 29

29. Regulations

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

      (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may provide for all matters relating to, or necessary or convenient to be provided for in connection with, any one or more of the following matters:

(a) a sale under section 5;

(b) a transfer of the business of TOTE Tasmania or of a TOTE subsidiary to the Crown under section 18;

(c) the arrangements relating to persons employed by TOTE Tasmania or by a TOTE subsidiary who are affected by a sale under section 5 or a transfer of the business of TOTE Tasmania or of the TOTE subsidiary to the Crown under section 18;

(d) the deregistration under the Corporations Act of TOTE Tasmania or a TOTE subsidiary.

      (3) Despite section 26, the regulations may declare for the purposes of section 5F of the Corporations Act that any matter included in this Act, or any act done or omitted for the purposes of a matter included in this Act, is not declared to be an excluded matter in relation to –

(a) the whole, or any provision, of that Act; or

(b) that Act other than to an extent specified in the regulations.

      (4) The regulations may be made so as to apply differently according to such factors as are specified in the regulations.

      (5) The regulations may –

(a) provide that a contravention of any of the regulations is an offence; and

(b) in respect of such an offence, provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 10 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

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

      (7) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on –

(a) the enactment of this Act; or

(b) a sale under section 5; or

(c) a transfer of the business of TOTE Tasmania or of a TOTE subsidiary to the Crown under section 18.

      (8) Regulations made under subsection (7) may take effect on the day on which this Act commences 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.