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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Miscellaneous provisions - Regulations

144: Regulations

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"Rules Made Under the Motor Vehicle Sales Act"

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The Governor-General can make regulations for the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003. You need to know what these regulations are about. They can be about things like forms, fees, and how to pay them. The Governor-General can also make regulations about registers or lists that the Registrar keeps. This includes how to use them and who can access them. You can find more information about secondary legislation in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. The regulations can also cover other matters that are necessary for the Act to work properly. These regulations are a type of secondary legislation, which has its own publication requirements.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Regulations

144Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. prescribing forms to be used for the purposes of this Act, and the matters to be specified in the forms:
    1. prescribing fees payable under this Act:
      1. prescribing procedures for the payment of prescribed fees:
        1. prescribing procedures, requirements, and other matters, not inconsistent with this Act, for any register or list that the Registrar is required to keep under this Act, including matters relating to—
          1. the operation of the register or list:
            1. access to the register or list:
              1. the location of, and hours of access to, the register or list:
              2. providing for any other matters contemplated by this Act that are necessary for its administration or necessary for giving it full effect.

                1. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                Notes
                • Section 144(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).