Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2014A00075:clause:1_16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2014A00075
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 16
Character Range: 10458–11719

16  After subsection 520(4)
Insert:
 (4A) The regulations may prescribe fees that are payable for services the Minister or Secretary provides in performing functions, or exercising powers, under this Act or the regulations.
 (4B) A fee prescribed by the regulations is payable to the Commonwealth.
 (4C) Regulations prescribing fees may also:
 (a) prescribe fees in respect of:
 (i) a particular class of decision; or
 (ii) a particular class of action; or
 (iii) a particular class of person; and
 (b) prescribe 2 or more fees for the same matter; and
 (c) prescribe a method for working out a fee; and
 (d) prescribe a method for working out the refund of part of a fee; and
 (e) deal with other matters, including the following:
 (i) specifying the way in which, and times at which, a fee is to be paid;
 (ii) specifying the fees that must be paid, and by whom, in the event of a transfer under section 145B or a change of person proposing to take an action under section 156F;
 (iii) the consequences of failure to pay a specified fee;
 (iv) the circumstances in which the Minister may waive a fee;
 (v) the circumstances in which a person is exempt from paying a specified fee;
 (vi) the circumstances in which a fee may be refunded, in whole or in part.