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How fees are to be paid
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 223(2) of the Act (which deals with payment of fees), a fee, other than a fee payable under Part 13 of the Act, must be paid to the Registrar.
Note: See subsection 223(2C), and section 223AA, of the Act for the means of paying a fee to the Registrar.
 (1A) For the purposes of subsection 223AA(3) of the Act, the Registrar must publish the determination on the IP Australia website.
 (2) A fee payable under Part 13 of the Act must be paid to the Comptroller‑General of Customs. The fee must be paid in accordance with a direction given by the Comptroller‑General of Customs as to the way in which it is to be paid.

21.23  Notice of non‑payment of fee
  For subregulation 21.21A(3), the Registrar or the Comptroller‑General of Customs must, in writing or by telephone:
 (a) if a fee mentioned in Part 3A has not been paid or waived within the period prescribed in that Part for the payment of the fee—advise the requester that the fee has not been paid and that the AFS request has been discontinued; or
 (b) in any other case—notify the person concerned, or his or her agent, that the fee has not been paid, within 14 working days after the doing of the act, or the filing of the document, for which the fee is payable.

21.23A  Exemption from fees
  The Registrar may exempt specified classes of persons from the payment of the whole or a part of a fee specified in Schedule 9 if the Registrar is reasonably satisfied that the exemption is justified, having regard to all the circumstances.

21.24  Refunds etc of fees
 (1) If, because of an error or omission by an employee, a person becomes liable to pay a fee for which the person would not otherwise have been liable, the Registrar may:
 (a) remit the whole or part of the fee; or
 (b) if the fee has been paid—refund the whole or part of the fee to that person.
 (2) If:
 (a) the acceptance of an application for registration of a trade mark; or
 (b) the registration of a trade mark;
is delayed because of an error or omission by an employee, the period that the Registrar reasonably believes to be equal to the period of the delay resulting from the error or omission is not to be taken into account for the purposes of calculating the amount of the fee for the matter in relation to which the error or omission was made.

21.24A  Period for doing certain acts—office not open for business
  For subsection 223A(1) of the Act, the circumstance is that