COMPANIES (FEES) ACT 1981 NO. 90, 1981 

COMPANIES (FEES) ACT 1981 NO. 90, 1981 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title.  
2. Commencement  
3. Interpretation  
4. Fees payable  
5. Regulations  

COMPANIES (FEES) ACT 1981 No. 90 of 1981
- SECT 1
Short title.

                           COMPANIES (FEES) ACT 1981

                                 No. 90 of 1981

      An Act relating to fees payable for the purposes of the Companies Act
1981 

  BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title
  1. This Act may be cited as the Companies (Fees) Act 1981.*1*

COMPANIES (FEES) ACT 1981 No. 90 of 1981
- SECT 2
Commencement

  2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which the Companies Act
1981 comes into operation.

COMPANIES (FEES) ACT 1981 No. 90 of 1981
- SECT 3
Interpretation

  3. Expressions used in this Act have the same respective meanings as in the
Companies Act 1981.

COMPANIES (FEES) ACT 1981 No. 90 of 1981
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Fees payable

  4. (1) There shall be paid to the Commonwealth for or in respect of -

  (a) the lodgment of documents with the Commission under the Companies Act
1981;

  (b) the registration of documents under that Act or the inspection or search
of registers kept by, or documents in the custody of, the Commission under
that Act;

  (c) the production by the Commission, pursuant to a subpoena, of any
register kept by, or documents in the custody of, the Commission under that
Act;

  (d) the issuing of documents or copies of documents, the granting of
licences, consents or approvals or the doing of other acts or things by the
Ministerial Council or the Commission under that Act;

  (e) the making of inquiries of, or applications to, the Ministerial Council
or the Commission in relation to matters arising under that Act; and

  (f) the submission to the Commission of documents for examination by the
Commission,
such fees (if any) as are prescribed.
  (2) Where a fee is payable to the Commonwealth under sub-section (1) for or
in respect of the lodgment of a document with the Commission and the document
is submitted for lodgment without payment of the fee, the document shall be
deemed not to have been lodged until the fee has been paid.
  (3) Where a fee is payable to the Commonwealth under sub-section (1) for or
in respect of any matter involving the doing of any act or thing by the
Ministerial Council or the Commission, the Ministerial Council or the
Commission shall not do that act or thing until the fee has been paid.
  (4) This section has effect notwithstanding anything contained in the
Companies Act 1981.
  (5) Nothing in this section prevents the Commonwealth from -

  (a) waiving or reducing, in a particular case or classes of cases, fees that
would otherwise be payable pursuant to this section; or

  (b) refunding, in whole or in part, in a particular case or classes of
cases, fees paid pursuant to this section.

COMPANIES (FEES) ACT 1981 No. 90 of 1981
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Regulations

  5. (1) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing fees, not in any case exceeding $1,000, for the purposes of
sub-section 4 (1).
  (2) The power of the Governor-General to make regulations shall be exercised
only in accordance with advice that is consistent with resolutions of the
Ministerial Council.

COMPANIES (FEES) ACT 1981 No. 90 of 1981 - NOTE

                                      NOTE
  1. Act No. 90, 1981; assented to 18 June 1981.