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Crimes Act 1961

Miscellaneous provisions

410: Regulations

You could also call this:

"Rules made by the Governor-General to help the Crimes Act work properly"

The Governor-General can make rules to help this Act work properly. You might wonder what kind of rules they can make. They can make rules about things like the forms people need to fill out when they are involved in a court case under this Act.

They can also make rules about how much money people have to pay for things like court fees or for interpreters to help them in court. The Governor-General can make rules about other things that are related to this Act too.

When the Governor-General makes these rules, they are called secondary legislation, which is explained in more detail in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 14Miscellaneous provisions

410Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make all such regulations as may in his or her opinion be necessary or expedient for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for the due administration thereof.

  2. Without limiting the general power to make regulations conferred by this section, regulations may be made under this section—

  3. prescribing forms to be used in respect of any proceedings to which this Act applies:
    1. prescribing fees to be paid in respect of any proceedings to which this Act applies:
      1. prescribing the fees, travelling allowances, and expenses payable to interpreters and to persons giving evidence in proceedings to which this Act applies:
        1. prescribing the costs and charges payable by parties in proceedings to which this Act applies:
          1. providing for any other matters in respect of which regulations are contemplated under this Act.

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

            2. Repealed
            Compare
            • 1908 No 32 s 385
            Notes
            • Section 410(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
            • Section 410(3): repealed, on , by section 11 of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989 (1989 No 143).