62Charges

62 Charges

(1) The regulations may provide for charges to be payable to the Authority for: (a) the provision of hearing services by the Authority otherwise than in accordance with an agreement entered into by the Authority under Part 3 of the Hearing Services Administration Act 1997; or (b) the provision of any other services by the Authority under this Act, including making available the services of acoustic laboratories controlled by the Authority. (1A) The Authority may charge for the provision of hearing services by the Authority in accordance with an agreement entered into by the Authority under Part 3 of the Hearing Services Administration Act 1997. This subsection has effect subject to that Act. (2) The Authority may decide not to impose, or to reduce the amount of, a charge that, but for this subsection, a person would be liable to pay to the Authority. (3) A charge may be recovered as a debt due to the Authority. (4) The amount of a charge must: (a) be reasonably related to the expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Authority in relation to the provision of the service concerned; and (b) not be such as to amount to taxation; and (c) not be such as to make the service concerned a service that the Authority cannot provide because of the limitation that subsection 8(2) imposes on the Authority’s performance of its functions.