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(a) the person who paid the hearing fee has not notified the relevant Registrar or authorised officer in accordance with paragraph (5)(a) and subsection (6); and
 (b) the relevant Registrar or authorised officer is satisfied that the reason the person has not notified the relevant Registrar or authorised officer is not the fault of the person; and
 (c) the hearing does not occur or occurs only for the purpose of making orders finalising the proceedings that were the subject of the hearing.
Note: A decision of a relevant Registrar or authorised officer under this subsection is reviewable by the ART: see section 2.14.

Hearing fees—hearings commenced
 (8) A person is entitled to the refund of the amount paid by the person as a hearing fee for a hearing day, or a part of a hearing day, in respect of a hearing that has commenced if:
 (a) the proceeding that is the subject of the hearing is settled or discontinued before the hearing day; or
 (b) the hearing day does not proceed for some other reason.
Example: If a person pays hearing fees in advance for 20 hearing days, but the proceeding finishes after 10 hearing days, a person is entitled to a refund of the hearing fees paid for the unused hearing days.

Conciliation conference fee
 (9) A person is entitled to the refund of the amount paid by the person as a conciliation conference fee in relation to a proceeding if the proceeding is settled or discontinued before the conference is held.

2.13  Annual increase in fees
 (1) The amount of each fee mentioned in Schedule 1 is increased on 1 July 2023, and on each 1 July following that day.

Fees other than reduced fees
 (2) Subsections (3) and (4) apply to a fee mentioned in Schedule 1 other than a fee that is described as a reduced fee.
 (3) If, in a relevant period, the latest CPI number is greater than the earlier CPI number, the fee is increased, on 1 July immediately following the end of the period, in accordance with the formula:
where:
earlier CPI number is the CPI number for the last March quarter before the start of the relevant period.
fee is the amount of the fee in force at the end of the relevant period.
latest CPI number is the CPI number for the last March quarter before the end of the relevant period.
 (4) The amount of the fee worked out under subsection (3) is to be rounded to an amount of dollars and cents and then further rounded as follows:
 (a) if the amount is $50 or more—the amount is to be rounded to the nearest amount that is a