Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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).