Section 37
Power to make regulations
of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Enactment 2024
The Minister may make regulations in respect of any matter which may be prescribed under this Enactment and in particular —
(a)
the procedures for the Commission in the exercise of its functions, duties and powers under this Enactment;
(b)
the management of the exploration activity, construction or operation of the facility or plantship;
(c)
the fees to be paid for licences which are required to be prescribed under this
Enactment;
(d)
the standard and methods for the construction of and the materials to be used for the facility or plantship;
(e)
to prescribe all matters relating to the issuance of licences granted under this
Enactment, including the eligibility of persons applying for licences, licence fees for different types of licences, the duration of the licences, the forms of licences, the standard conditions of the licences and renewal fees;
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(f)
the manner of service and the form of notices;
(g)
the means to be adopted, whether by forbidding or otherwise, to prevent or abate any nuisance likely to arise or arising from the exploration activity, construction or operation of the facility or plantship;
(h)
the interval, time and manner for any facility or plantship to be inspected, the notice to be given in relation to any inspection and the preparation to be made by the licensee or any person for such inspection;
(i)
the offences which may be compounded and the forms to be used in and the method and procedure for compounding offences;
(j)
the method and procedure for the investigation of any serious accident reported pursuant to section 26; and
(k)
any other matter generally to give effect to the provisions of this Enactment.
(2)
Any regulations made under subsection (1) may prescribe any act in contravention of the regulations to be an offence and may prescribe a fine not exceeding one million ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to both, for such offence.
CERTIFIED by me to be a true copy of the Bill passed by the Legislative Assembly on
Thursday, the 25th day of April, 2024.
DATUK SERI PANGLIMA HAJI KADZIM BIN HAJI M. YAHYA,
Speaker,
State Legislative Assembly.