SPIRITS ACT 1906 (REPEALED)
SECTION 26 (Repealed by 74 of 2006)
26
POWER TO MAKE REGULATIONS
The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and in particular:
(a) for prescribing standards for industrial spirits and for mineralized spirits;
(b) for prescribing the purposes for and the conditions under which methylated spirits for any special manufacture or for any special purpose may be used;
(c) for licensing persons to make or sell methylated spirits or any class of methylated spirits;
(d) for prescribing the fees to be paid for licences and for the services of officers supervising any manufacture in which methylated spirits for special manufactures are used;
(e) for requiring persons desiring to use spirits methylated for any special manufacture or for any special purpose to give security that the methylated spirits shall be used for that manufacture or that purpose only;
(f) for requiring packages containing methylated spirits to be marked in the prescribed manner with the prescribed words or marks; and
(g) for prescribing penalties, not exceeding 1 penalty unit for any one offence, for breaches of the regulations.
The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and in particular:
(a) for prescribing standards for industrial spirits and for mineralized spirits;
(b) for prescribing the purposes for and the conditions under which methylated spirits for any special manufacture or for any special purpose may be used;
(c) for licensing persons to make or sell methylated spirits or any class of methylated spirits;
(d) for prescribing the fees to be paid for licences and for the services of officers supervising any manufacture in which methylated spirits for special manufactures are used;
(e) for requiring persons desiring to use spirits methylated for any special manufacture or for any special purpose to give security that the methylated spirits shall be used for that manufacture or that purpose only;
(f) for requiring packages containing methylated spirits to be marked in the prescribed manner with the prescribed words or marks; and
(g) for prescribing penalties, not exceeding 1 penalty unit for any one offence, for breaches of the regulations.
Note:
See section 4AA of the Crimes Act 1914 for the current value of a penalty unit.
View history note
Hide history noteThis information is provided by CCH Australia Limited Link opens in new window. View the disclaimer and notice of copyright.