Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) Where an applicant has made a request for access to a document of an agency or an official document of a Minister, the agency or Minister may make a decision whether the applicant is liable to pay, in respect of the request or in respect of the provision to the applicant of access to the document, any of the charges applicable under these Regulations, other than an application fee.
(2) Where an agency or a Minister has, under subregulation (1), made a decision that an applicant is liable to pay a charge, then, except where regulation 8, 9 or 10 applies, the charge is payable by the applicant in the amount or at the rate fixed by, or in accordance with, the Schedule.
(3) A reference in items 2A and 6 of Part I of the Schedule to a maximum charge in respect of a request for access does not apply to an applicant:
(a) who is not an Australian citizen; or
(b) whose continued presence in Australia is subject to a limitation as to time that is imposed by law.