(1)  The prescribed authority may charge fees prescribed in the regulations for the functions or services that it performs or provides under this Part.

(2)  The fees must be reasonable having regard to the funding that the prescribed authority receives under this Act and the cost to the prescribed authority of performing its functions under this Act.

(3)  Despite subsection (1) , the prescribed authority may not charge a fee for a service provided to another body that has functions under this Act, except so far as the other body has arranged, on a commercial basis, for the prescribed authority to perform a service that is the responsibility of the other body.

(4)  The prescribed authority may waive any fees referred to in subsection (1) .