Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Titles Administrator may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, charge such fees as are specified in the regulations for specified services provided by the Titles Administrator in performing a function, or exercising a power, of the Titles Administrator under this Act or the regulations.
(2) A fee must not be such as to amount to taxation.
(3) A fee:
(a) is a debt due to the Titles Administrator on behalf of the Commonwealth; and
(b) is recoverable by the Titles Administrator, on behalf of the Commonwealth, in:
(i) the Federal Court; or
(ii) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2); or
(iii) a court of a State or Territory that has jurisdiction in relation to the matter.
(4) Sections 256 and 427 do not limit, and are taken never to have limited, subsection (1) of this section.
(5) Subsection (4) is enacted for the avoidance of doubt.