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Freedom Camping Act 2011

Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions - Miscellaneous matters

43: Regulations

You could also call this:

“Rules about freedom camping that the Governor-General can make”

The Governor-General can make rules about freedom camping. These rules are called regulations. The Governor-General makes these rules based on what the Minister suggests.

The regulations can set penalties for breaking the freedom camping rules. These penalties are called infringement offences. The rules can say how much money you have to pay if you break the rules. For small offences, you might have to pay up to $1,000. For bigger offences, you might have to pay up to $3,000.

The regulations can also set different penalties for different types of offences. They can decide this based on how serious the offence is or if someone has broken the rules before.

The regulations can also say what information needs to be on the notices given to people who break the rules. These notices include infringement notices, reminder notices, and notices about taking away and holding onto things.

The regulations can also include anything else that the Freedom Camping Act says should be in the regulations. They can also include any small details that are needed to make the Act work properly.

These regulations are a type of law called secondary legislation. This means they have to follow certain rules about how they are published and made available to the public.

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Part 3 Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions
Miscellaneous matters

43Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations—

  2. prescribing penalties for infringement offences, which,—
    1. in the case of infringement fees, must not be more than $1,000; and
      1. in the case of fines, must not be more than $3,000:
      2. prescribing different penalties for different infringement offences or classes of infringement offences, defined in any way (including by the seriousness of the offence or whether it is a repeat offence):
        1. prescribing the form of—
          1. infringement notices and reminder notices, and the information to be included in the notices; and
            1. seizure and impounding notices, and the information to be included in the notices:
            2. providing for anything that this Act says may or must be provided for by regulations:
              1. providing for anything incidental that is necessary for carrying out, or giving full effect to, this Act.

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

                Notes
                • Section 43(1): replaced, on , by section 37 of the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 24).
                • Section 43(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).