Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsApplicants
(1) A person making one of the following applications must pay the Commonwealth the relevant fee prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this section:
(a) an application for a launch facility licence or for a transfer or variation of such a licence;
(b) an application for an Australian launch permit or for a transfer or variation of such a permit;
(c) an application for an Australian high power rocket permit or for a transfer or variation of such a permit;
(d) an application for an overseas payload permit or for a transfer or variation of such a permit;
(e) an application for a return authorisation or for a variation of such an authorisation;
(f) an application for an authorisation certificate.
The rules may prescribe different fees for different applications.
Setting fee
(2) The rules may set a fee by specifying the amount of the fee or a way of working out the fee.
Fee must not amount to taxation
(3) A fee must not be such as to amount to taxation.
Time for payment of fee
(4) The rules may specify the time for payment of a fee.
Fee instalments
(5) For an application for a launch facility licence, the rules may provide for the payment of a fee by instalments at times worked out in accordance with the rules.
Waiver of fee
(6) The rules may prescribe the circumstances in which the Minister may wholly or partly waive a fee that would otherwise be payable under this section.
Unpaid fee
(7) If any amount of a fee remains unpaid after it becomes due for payment, no decision is to be made on the application concerned until that amount has been paid.
(8) If any amount of a fee remains unpaid after it becomes due for payment, that amount is a debt due to the Commonwealth and may be recovered by the Minister, on behalf of the Commonwealth, by action in the Federal Court or Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2).