Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00179:section:189
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00179
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 189
Character Range: 238743–240058

189  Fees
 (1) The Commonwealth, or the Regulator or Registrar on behalf of the Commonwealth, may charge a fee for:
 (a) dealing with an application made under this Act or the applied work health and safety provisions; or
 (b) performing or exercising any other function or power under this Act or the applied work health and safety provisions.
 (2) The amount of the fee is the amount:
 (a) prescribed by the regulations; or
 (b) worked out in accordance with a method prescribed by the regulations.
 (3) The fee must not be such as to amount to taxation.
 (4) The fee:
 (a) is a debt due to the Commonwealth, or the Regulator or Registrar on behalf of the Commonwealth, as the case requires; and
 (b) is recoverable by the Commonwealth, or the Regulator or Registrar on behalf of the Commonwealth, as the case requires, in a court of competent jurisdiction.
 (5) The regulations may provide that:
 (a) an application under this Act or the applied work health and safety provisions is taken to have been made only if a fee has been paid in relation to the application; and
 (b) the Minister, the Registrar or the Regulator may decline to perform a function or exercise a power until a fee is paid.
 (6) The regulations may provide for the remittal or refund of all or part of a fee referred to in subsection (1).