Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL ACT 1970 - SECT 16B

  (1)   The Office of Parliamentary Counsel may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, charge fees for things done in the performance of the Office's functions, other than the functions covered by paragraphs 3(1)(a) and (b).

  (2)   A fee charged under subsection   ( 1) must not be such as to amount to taxation.

  (3)   A fee charged under subsection   ( 1):

  (a)   is a debt due to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, on behalf of the Commonwealth; and

  (b)   is recoverable by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, on behalf of the Commonwealth, in a court of competent jurisdiction.