Maintenance Act, 1998 (Act No. 99 of 1998)Chapter 8 : General and Supplementary Provisions44. Regulations |
| (1) | The Minister may make regulations— |
| (a) | as to the powers, duties and functions of a maintenance officer, the clerk of the maintenance court or a maintenance investigator; |
| (b) | prescribing the procedure to be followed at or in connection with a maintenance enquiry; |
| (c) | prescribing guidelines for, or prescribing the factors to be taken into account by, a maintenance court when making a maintenance order; |
| (d) | as to the execution of maintenance or other orders of maintenance courts; |
| (e) | as to any matter required or permitted to be prescribed by regulation under this Act; |
| (f) | in general, as to any matter which the Minister may consider necessary or expedient to prescribe in order that the objects of this Act may be achieved. |
| (2) | The Minister shall cause a copy of regulations made under this section to be tabled in Parliament as soon as possible after the publication thereof. |
| (3) | Regulations made under this section may prescribe penalties for any contravention thereof or failure to comply therewith not exceeding imprisonment for a period of three years. |
| (4) | Any regulation made under this section which may result in financial expenditure for the State shall be made in consultation with the Minister of Finance. |