Commonwealth Numbered Acts

RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS ACT 1997 No. 61, 1997 - SECT 200

(1) The Governor-General may make regulations 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 without limiting the generality of the above,
        may make regulations:

   (c)  prescribing fees in respect of any matter under this Act; and

   (d)  prescribing penalties not exceeding 10 penalty units in respect of
        offences against the regulations.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may
make provision for and in relation to the keeping of one or more registers by
the Commissioner, where the registers relate to matters arising under this Act
or the regulations. In particular, the regulations may make provision for the
following:

   (a)  a register to be kept in such form and manner as the Commissioner
        directs;

   (b)  persons to inspect a register;

   (c)  persons to obtain information contained in a register;

   (d)  fees to be charged for such an inspection or for providing such
        information.

[Minister's second reading speech made in-
House of Representatives on 4 December 1996
Senate on 5 March 1997]