(1)  Subject to section 169EA , the fees prescribed in Schedule 3 are payable under this Act for the matters to which they respectively relate.

(2)  A prescribed fee –

(a) is to be paid to the Recorder or an agent appointed by the Recorder; and

(b) may be paid in any manner approved by the Recorder.

(3)  A person may, if so authorised by the Recorder or an agent appointed by the Recorder for the purpose, pay a prescribed fee after the transaction to which it relates.