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WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 539

539 .         Regulations

        (1)         The Governor may make regulations prescribing matters —

            (a)         required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

            (b)         necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to this Act.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may provide for the following —

            (a)         matters of general or special application, which may apply to both employers and workers, for the prevention or minimising of occurrences of injuries in employment or places of employment;

            (b)         the imposition, payment and recovery of fees and charges.

        (3)         The regulations may provide —

            (a)         that contravention of a regulation is an offence; and

            (b)         for the offence to be punishable on conviction by a penalty not exceeding a fine of $5 000.

        (4)         A regulation may require any matter or thing to be verified by statutory declaration.



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