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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER REGULATIONS 2010 - REG 28

Fees

  (1)   For the purposes of:

  (a)   subsections   157(1), 157AA(1) and 165(1) and (2) of the Act; and

  (b)   regulation   6H;

the prescribed fee for obtaining a copy of a document is $1.00 for each page of the copy.

  (2)   For the purposes of:

  (a)   subsections   157AA(1) and 165(1) and (2) of the Act; and

  (b)   regulation   6H;

the prescribed fee for obtaining a certified copy of a document is the fee calculated in accordance with subregulation   (1) plus $10.

  (2A)   For subsections   151AR(4), 151BH(5), 151BR(4), 152AQ(4), 152BR(3), 152CC(3) and 152CJ(3) of the Act, the following fees for making a copy of a Register are specified:

  (a)   if the copy is certified--$10 plus $1 for each page of the copy; or

  (b)   in any other case--$1 for each page of the copy.

  (2B)   For paragraph   151AT(c) of the Act, the fee for an application for an exemption order is $7,500.

  (2C)   For subsection   151BQ(3) of the Act, the fee for a copy of tariff information is:

  (a)   if the copy is certified--$10 plus $1 for each page of the copy; or

  (b)   in any other case--$1 for each page of the copy.

  (3)   In spite of subregulations (1), (2) and (2A), a person appearing in a proceeding or matter before the Commission or Tribunal is entitled, without payment of a fee, to receive one certified copy of a document relating to the proceeding or matter.

  (4)   No fee is payable to the Commission or Tribunal for an application or notice specified in Schedule   1A.

  (5)   If Schedule   1A does not apply to a matter specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule   1B, the fee payable to the Commission for the matter is:

  (a)   the fee specified in column 3 of the item; or

  (b)   if a concessional fee is payable for the matter under subregulation   (6), the concessional fee specified in column 4 of the item.

Note:   Some other regulations impose fees for particular things.

  (6)   Subject to subregulation   (6A), a concessional fee is payable to the Commission for an additional application or an additional notice if:

  (a)   there are reasonable grounds for the Commission to believe that the first application or the first notice and the additional application or additional notice relate to conduct in the same market (or closely related markets); and

  (b)   each additional application or additional notice is:

  (i)   lodged with the Commission within 14 days of the date of lodgment of the first application or the first notice; and

  (ii)   endorsed by the Commission with reference to the first application or the first notice.

  (6A)   A concessional fee is payable to the Commission for an additional notice mentioned in paragraph   (c) of the definition of additional notice in subregulation   (7), if:

  (a)   the Commission reasonably believes that the first notice and the additional notice relate to conduct in the same market (or closely related markets); and

  (b)   the additional notice is lodged with the Commission within 14 days after the day the first notice was lodged with the Commission; and

  (c)   the additional notice is endorsed by the Commission with reference to the first notice.

  (7)   In this regulation:

"additional application" means an application, made by any person after a first application, that relates to the subject of the first application.

"additional notice" means:

  (a)   a notice given, after a person's first notice under subsection   93(1) of the Act, about conduct of a kind mentioned in:

  (ii)   subsection   47(2), (3), (4) or (5) of the Act; or

  (iii)   paragraph   47(8)(a) or (b) of the Act; or

  (iv)   paragraph   47(9)(a), (b) or (c) of the Act; or

  (v)   section   48 of the Act; or

  (b)   if a person is not an individual or a proprietary company, a notice given, after the person's first notice under subsection   93(1) of the Act, about conduct of a kind mentioned in:

  (ii)   subsection   47(6) or (7) of the Act; or

  (iii)   paragraph   47(8)(c) of the Act; or

  (iv)   paragraph   47(9)(d) of the Act; or

  (v)   section   48 of the Act; or

  (c)   a notice given under subsection   93AB(1A) or (1) after a corporation's first notice under that subsection.

"first application" means the first application made by a person under section   88 of the Act in relation to a matter.



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