Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MEAT EXPORT CHARGE COLLECTION ACT 1984 No. 154, 1984 - SECT 9

9. (1) Where the liability of a person to pay any amount of charge is not
discharged on or before the date on which the charge is due for payment, that
person, in addition to his or her liability to pay that charge, is liable to
pay, by way of penalty, an amount calculated at the rate of 20% per annum upon
the amount of charge from time to time remaining unpaid, to be computed from
the date on which that amount of charge became due for payment.

(2) The Minister or, subject to sub-section (3), an authorized person, may, in
a particular case, for a reason that the Minister or the authorized person
thinks sufficient, remit the whole or a part of an amount of penalty payable
under this section.

(3) A remission granted under sub-section (2) by an authorized person shall
not exceed $1,000.