Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES COLLECTION ACT 1991 - SECT 16

             (1)  Where an amount of penalty becomes payable under section 15 because an amount of levy or charge in respect of particular collection products remains unpaid after the time when it becomes due for payment, the Minister or an authorised person may, subject to subsection (2), remit the whole or a part of that amount of penalty.

             (2)  An amount remitted by an authorised person under subsection (1) is not to exceed $5,000 or such lower amount as is specified in the authorisation.