Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01084:section:19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01084
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 19
Character Range: 46102–47685

19  Regulations
 (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters:
 (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
 (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act;
and in particular:
 (c) making provision for and in relation to the service and execution of process of the Court in proceedings instituted under section 10 or 11 or in proceedings for the registration of judgments under section 12, including the manner in which and the extent to which the process of the Court, or notice of any such process, may be served out of the jurisdiction of the Court;
 (d) making provision for and in relation to the proof by affidavit or otherwise of any matter relating to the registration of judgments under section 12;
 (e) making provision for and in relation to the enforcement and execution of judgments of the Court given in proceedings instituted under this Act or of judgments registered under section 12; and
 (f) making provision for and in relation to the determination of the rate of exchange applicable where, for the purposes of the application of this Act, it is necessary to express in Australian currency an amount of foreign currency.
 (2) Subsection 12(2) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to regulations prescribing an authority for the purposes of the definition of foreign court in subsection 3(1) of this Act.
Note: Subsection 12(2) of the Legislation Act 2003 is about the retrospective application of legislative instruments (such as regulations).