Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2024
sec.18Fees
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sec.18 Fees
The fees payable under the Act are in schedule 2 . An application fee must accompany an application to the registrar. The registrar may waive, wholly or partly, payment of a fee stated in schedule 2 . In deciding whether to wholly or partly waive a fee the registrar may have regard to the following factors— whether the applicant is experiencing financial hardship; whether the provision of the service or thing applied for would improve the applicant’s circumstances; whether, in the registrar’s opinion, waiver of the fee is otherwise desirable in the circumstances. The registrar may refund all or part of a fee paid. (sec.18-ssec.1) The fees payable under the Act are in schedule 2 . (sec.18-ssec.2) An application fee must accompany an application to the registrar. (sec.18-ssec.3) The registrar may waive, wholly or partly, payment of a fee stated in schedule 2 . (sec.18-ssec.4) In deciding whether to wholly or partly waive a fee the registrar may have regard to the following factors— whether the applicant is experiencing financial hardship; whether the provision of the service or thing applied for would improve the applicant’s circumstances; whether, in the registrar’s opinion, waiver of the fee is otherwise desirable in the circumstances. (sec.18-ssec.5) The registrar may refund all or part of a fee paid.
- (a) whether the applicant is experiencing financial hardship;
- (b) whether the provision of the service or thing applied for would improve the applicant’s circumstances;
- (c) whether, in the registrar’s opinion, waiver of the fee is otherwise desirable in the circumstances.