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waiver or refund may be justified is where an applicant applies for the wrong kind of authorisation by mistake, and withdraws the application before APRA has done any substantial amount of work considering the application;

    (c)               No refund or waiver will be made if the application is unsuccessful or if APRA, in the course of processing the application, informs the applicant that the application will be unsuccessful (see Note 2 below) or if the application is withdrawn or not proceeded with by the applicant; and

    (d)               An applicant seeking a refund or waiver of an application charge must apply in writing to APRA setting out details of the special circumstances that apply.

Note 1:  As per Division 81 of A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.

Note 2:  For the avoidance of doubt, it should be noted that the charge is payable in respect of every new application, even one that is made after the refusal or withdrawal of an earlier application for which the applicant also paid a fee.