Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04041:section:1990:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04041
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1990 (pt 10/212)
Character Range: 30192–32893

by the Law to be served on a person may be so served; and

     (w) prescribing penalties not exceeding $1,000 for contraventions of the regulations.

Regulations may provide for application orders to specify matters

"23. The regulations may require or permit matters to be specified, for the purposes of the regulations, by or in application orders.

Scope of particular regulations

"24. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act or the Law, the regulations may be of general or specially limited application or may differ according to differences in time, locality, place or circumstance.

Power to prescribe fees

"25. The regulations may prescribe fees (including fees that are taxes) for chargeable matters.

Aspects of the power to prescribe fees

"26. (1) The regulations may provide for a fee for a chargeable matter to be determined by reference to a prescribed matter or prescribed matters, whether or not the prescribed matter, or any of the prescribed matters, has a direct or indirect connection with the chargeable matter.

  "(2) A fee prescribed as a stated amount shall not exceed $5,000.

"(3) Two or more fees may be prescribed for the same chargeable matter.

  "(4) In this section:

'fee' includes a fee that is a tax.

Effect of certain provisions

"27. Neither of section 24 and subsection 26 (1) limits the generality of the other or of section 25.

Verifying or certifying documents

  "28. The regulations may:

     (a) where documents required by or under the Law to be lodged in accordance with the Law are required to be verified or certified

     and no manner of verification or certification is prescribed by or under the Law—require that the documents or any of them be verified or certified by statement in writing made by such persons as are prescribed by the regulations; and

     (b) where no express provision is made in the Law for verification or certification of documents—require that the documents be verified or certified by statement in writing by such persons as are prescribed.

Documents lodged by an agent

"29. The regulations may provide, in such cases as are prescribed, that, if a document that is required by or under the Law to be lodged is signed or lodged on behalf of a person by an agent duly authorised by writing, there must be:

  (a) lodged with; or

  (b) endorsed on; or

  (c) annexed to;

that document, the original, or a verified copy, of the authority.

Exemptions from Chapter 7 or 8

"30. The regulations may provide that, subject to any prescribed terms and conditions, Chapter 7 or 8, or specified provisions of Chapter 7 or 8, of the Law:

     (a) do not have effect in relation to a specified person or class