Section 315 — Bankruptcy Act 1966: Regulations

(1) The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters: (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act. (2) In particular, the regulations may: (a) provide for the establishment, maintenance, correction and inspection of the National Personal Insolvency Index; and (b) specify matters that must be, or may be, entered in the Index; and (c) provide for the obtaining of extracts of material entered in the Index; and (d) provide for the use of extracts of material entered in the Index in evidence in proceedings under this Act and other laws of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; and (e) provide for immunity from actions for defamation arising out of publication of material in the Index or publication of extracts of material from the Index; and (f) provide for information and documents to be given to persons for entry in the Index; and (g) provide for the means of service of documents; and (h) provide for the publication of notice of specified events; and (j) provide for the charging and payment of fees, but not the setting of amounts of fees other than fees mentioned in paragraph 81(17)(b), in relation to: (i) proceedings under this Act; and (ii) inspection of material entered in the Index or the Register of Trustees; and (iii) obtaining extracts of material entered in the Index or the Register of Trustees; and (iv) inspection and copying of documents given to Official Receivers; and (v) the making of other requests or applications under this Act or the presentation or lodgment of other documents under this Act; and (k) prescribe penalties not exceeding 50 penalty units for offences against the regulations; and (l) provide for a person who is alleged to have committed an offence against the regulations to pay a penalty to the Commonwealth as an alternative to prosecution (being a penalty not exceeding one-fifth of the maximum fine that a court could impose on the person for that offence).