Regulations

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The Cabinet, in consultation with the Registrar, may make regulations for the better carrying out of the objects and purposes of this Act.

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Cabinet may make regulations to prescribe —

the forms to be used and fees to be charged in connection with any application, notice, certificate or other document under this Act;

the procedures and practices to be followed by the Registrar in the collection, verification and authentication of information required for the registration of persons or any class of persons;

the procedures and processes for the management and storage of information in the register, and the security protocols and technological safeguards for such information;

the procedures for the collection and registration of changes to the information of a registered person and the entry of the changed information into the register;

the imposition of fees to be prescribed under this Act and for the reduction, refund or waiver of the fees;

the procedures for access to the register;

the procedures for the preservation, custody and safekeeping of records and information under this Act, including the archiving of the identification codes of deceased persons and other categories of person in separate parts of the register;

the procedures for the settlement of disputes arising from, and appeals against, a decision of the Registrar;

the period of time for the doing of any act under this Act;

for any thing or matter that is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act; and

generally for giving effect to the provisions and purposes of this Act.

Regulations made under this Act may —

make different provisions in relation to different cases or circumstances;

apply in respect of particular persons or particular cases or particular categories of persons or particular categories of cases and define the categories by reference to any circumstances of any kind;

contain such transitional, consequential, incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to the Cabinet to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act; and

create an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine of up to twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of two years, or to both.

Identification Register Act

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