108Time for payment of certain cost‑recovery charges

#### 108 Time for payment of certain cost‑recovery charges (1) For paragraph 593(a) of the Act, this section prescribes the time when certain cost‑recovery charges are due and payable. Fees (2) A fee prescribed in relation to an activity referred to in any of items 1 to 24 in the table in subsection 106(1) is due and payable: (a) if the Agriculture Department issues an invoice in relation to the fee that specifies the last day for payment of the fee—by close of business on that day; or (b) in any other case—when a demand for payment of the fee is made. (3) If the fee prescribed in relation to an activity referred to in any of items 1 to 24 in the table in subsection 106(1) can be worked out before the activity is carried out: (a) the activity must not be carried out until the person for whom the activity is to be carried out, or the person’s agent, has been informed of the amount of the fee; and (b) the activity is not required to be carried out until the fee has been paid. (4) The fee prescribed in relation to the activity referred to in item 25 in the table in subsection 106(1) is due and payable: (a) by a single payment; or (b) in 2 or more equal instalments; within 30 days after the day the demand for payment of the fee or the instalment is made. Charges (4A) A charge in relation to a biosecurity matter prescribed by item 1 or 2 of the table in subsection 9(1) of the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Regulation 2016 or item 1 or 2 of the table in subsection 9(1) of the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (General) Regulation 2016 is due and payable on or before the 21st day after the end of the month in which the import declaration was made, if, at the time the declaration was made, a trusted trader agreement (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901) is in force, and not suspended, between the Comptroller‑General of Customs (within the meaning of that Act) and the entity. (5) Subject to subsection (6), a charge imposed by the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Act 2015 or the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (General) Act 2015, other than a charge covered by subsection (4A) of this section, is due and payable: (a) if the Agriculture Department issues an invoice in relation to the charge that specifies the last day for payment of the charge—by close of business on that day; or (b) in any other case—when a demand for payment of the charge is made. > Note: For charges prescribed for the purposes of these Acts see the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Regulation 2016 and the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (General) Regulation 2016. (6) For: (a) a charge in relation to a biosecurity matter prescribed by item 2A of the table in subsection 9(1) of the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Regulation 2016; or (b) a charge in relation to a biosecurity matter prescribed by item 2A of the table in subsection 9(1) of the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (General) Regulation 2016; the invoice referred to in paragraph (5)(a) of this section must not be issued, or the demand referred to in paragraph (5)(b) of this section must not be made, until after the end of the period of 3 months beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October in which the self‑assessed clearance declaration was given.