Geneva Conventions Act 1958 No 19 (as at 01 July 2009), Public Act

Act by section

9 Regulations
  • The Governor-General may, from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

    • (a) Providing for the assignment, remuneration, and disbursement of counsel for the purposes of section 5 of this Act:

    • (b) Prescribing the form of flags, emblems, signs, signals, designations, designs, wordings, uniforms, and insignia for use for the purposes of the Conventions or the Protocols or both, and regulating their use:

    • (c) Prescribing the form of identification cards for use for the purposes of the Conventions or the Protocols or both, and regulating their use:

    • (d) For the purpose of giving effect to Article 38 or Article 39 of the First Protocol, prohibiting or restricting the use of such flags, emblems, signs, signals, insignia, or uniforms as may be specified in the regulations:

    • (e) Providing for the keeping of such records, and the recording of such information, as are required to be kept or recorded under the Conventions or the Protocols:

    • (f) Prescribing offences in respect of the contravention of or non-compliance with any regulations made under this section, and prescribing the amounts of the fines that may be imposed in respect of such offences, which fines shall be an amount not exceeding $1,000:

    • (g) Providing for such matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for its due administration.

    This section was substituted, as from 10 July 1987, by section 6 Geneva Conventions Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 144).