Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00717:clause:3_4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00717
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 4
Character Range: 15050–16536

4  Charges for quarantine matters for which no demand for payment had been made before commencement day
(1) This item applies in relation to a quarantine matter in relation to which a quarantine charge was payable if a demand for payment of the charge had not been made before the commencement day.
(2) The quarantine charge is due and payable when a demand for payment of the charge is made.
(3) The person who is liable to pay the quarantine charge is the person prescribed by (as the case requires):
 (a) section 7 of the Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Customs) Regulation 2014, as in force immediately before the commencement day; or
 (b) section 7 of the Quarantine Charges (Imposition—General) Regulation 2015, as in force immediately before the commencement day.
(4) If a demand for payment of the quarantine charge is made under subitem (2), the Biosecurity Act applies in relation to the charge as if it were a cost‑recovery charge.
Note 1: An agent of a person who is liable to pay a cost‑recovery charge under the Biosecurity Regulation 2016 is jointly and severally liable with that person to pay the charge (see section 112 of the Biosecurity Regulation 2016).
Note 2: Divisions 3 and 4 of Part 3 of Chapter 11 of the Biosecurity Act set out rules for recovery of cost‑recovery charges, and allow regulations to provide for a late payment fee for a cost‑recovery charge that is not paid by the time prescribed by the regulations as the time the charge is due and payable.