South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts17—Agencies may require advance deposits
(1) If, in the opinion
of an agency, the cost of dealing with an application is likely to exceed the
application fee, the agency may request the applicant to pay to it such
reasonable amount, by way of advance deposit, as the agency may determine.
(2) If, in the opinion
of an agency, the cost of dealing with an application is likely to exceed the
sum of the application fee and of any advance deposits paid in respect of the
application, the agency may request the application to pay to it such
reasonable amount, by way of further advance deposit, as the agency may
determine.
(3) The aggregate of
the application fee and the advance deposit or deposits requested under this
section may not exceed the agency's estimate of the cost of dealing with the
application.
(4) A request for an
advance deposit must be accompanied by a notice that sets out the basis on
which the amount of the deposit has been calculated.
(5) The amount of an
advance deposit requested by an agency in respect of an application must be
paid to the agency within such period as the agency specifies in the request.
(6) The period between
the making of a request under this section and the payment of an advance
deposit in accordance with the request is not to be taken into account in
calculating the period within which the relevant application is to be dealt
with.