General pro- vision with regard to power to make sub- sidiary legislation.
Fees and charges.
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PART V.
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION.
28. Where an Ordinance confers power on any authority to make subsidiary legislation. the following provisions shall have effect with reference to the making thereof-
(a) when any subsidiary legislation purports to be made in exercise of a particular power or powers, it shall be deemed also to be made in exercise of all other powers thereunto enabling: (6) no subsidiary legislation shall be inconsistent with the pro-
visions of any Ordinance:
(c) subsidiary legislation may at any time be amended by the same authority and in the same manger by and in which it was made:
Provided that where such authority has been replaced wholly or in part by another authority, the power conferred hereby upon the original authority may be exercised by the replacing authority concerning all matters or things within its jurisdiction as if it were the original authority:
(d) where sny Ordinance confers power on any authority to make subsidiary legislation for any general purpose, and also for any special purpose incidental thereto, the enumeration of the special purposes shall not be deemed to derogate from the generality of the powers conferred with reference to the general purpose;
(e) subsidiary legislation may provide that a contravention or breach thereof shall be punishable on summary conviction by such fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or by such term of imprisonment not exceeding six months as may be specified in the subsidiary legislation or by both such fine and impriscament;
() subsidiary legislation may amend any forms contained in the Ordinance under which such subsidiary legislation is made and may prescribe new forms for the purpose thereof and for the purposes of such subsidiary legislation; and
(g) subsidiary legislation may provide for the imposition of fees and charges in respect of any matter with regard to which provision is made in such subsidiary legislation or in the Ordinance under which such subsidiary legislation is made.
29. (1) Where provision is made by any subsidiary legislation in respect of fees or other charges, such subsidiary legislation may provide for all or any of the following matters-
(a) specific fees or charges;
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(b) maximum or minimum fees or charges; (c) maximum and minimum fees or charges;
(d) the payment of fees or charges either generally or under
specified conditions or in specified circumstances:
(e) the exemption of any person or class of persons from the
payment of fees or charges; and
(f) the reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of any such fees or charges, either upon the happening of a certain event or in the discretion of a specified person,
(2) Where any reduction, waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of any fee or charge is provided for by any subsidiary legislation, such reduction, waiver or refund may be expressed to apply or be applicable either generally or specially-
(a) in respect of certain matters or transactions or classes of
matters or transactions;
(5) in respect of certain documents or classes of documents; (c) in respect of the occurrence or the termination of any eveal; (d) in respect of certain persons or classes of persons; or
(e) in respect of any combination of such matters, transactions,
documents, events or persons,
and may be expressed to apply or be applicable subject to such condi- tions as may be specified in the subsidiary legislation or in the discretion of any person specified therein.
30. Subsidiary legislation shall have the same force and effect and Bffect of shall be as binding and shall be construed for all purposes as if it had subsidiary
Tepislation. been contained in the Ordinance under which it was made.
31. Where any Ordinance confers power to make any subsidiary Construc- legislation, expressions used in the subsidiary legislation shall have the tion of same meaning as in the Ordinance conferring the power, and any legislation. subsidiary reference in such subsidiary legislation to "the Ordinance" shall be construed as a reference to the Ordinance conferring the power to make such subsidiary legislation.
powers
32. Where an Ordinance is not to come into operation on or before Exercise of the expiration of the day next preceding the day of the publication statutory thereof and confers power to make any appointment, to make any sub- between sidiary legislation, to issue notices, to prescribe forms or to do any calment other thing for the purposes of the Ordinance, such power may
be exercised at any time after the publication of the Ordinance in the of Ordin- Gazette:
and com- One comuni
AFICE.