9Fees payable

9 Fees payable

(1)  *[Section 9 Subsection (1) amended by S.R. 1981 No. 243 ]*There shall be paid to the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs for Tasmania, for and on behalf of the State, for or in respect of –

(a) the lodgment of documents with the Commission under the applied provisions;

(b) the registration of documents under the applied provisions or the inspection or search of registers kept by, or documents in the custody of, the Commission under the applied provisions;

(c) the production by the Commission, pursuant to a subpoena, of any register kept by, or documents in the custody of, the Commission under the applied provisions;

(d) the issuing of documents or copies of documents, the granting of consents or approvals, or the doing of other acts or things by the Commission under the applied provisions;

(e) the making of inquiries of, or applications to, the Commission in relation to matters arising under the applied provisions; and

(f) the submission to the Commission of documents for examination by the Commission –

such fees (if any) as are prescribed by regulations in force for the time being under the Companies (Acquisition of Shares-Fees) Act 1980 of the Commonwealth and specified in the Schedule to those regulations as if amended as set out in Schedule 3 and as if, unless the contrary intention appears, expressions used had the same respective meanings as in the applied provisions.

(2)  Where a fee is payable to the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs for Tasmania for and on behalf of the State under subsection (1) for or in respect of the lodgment of a document with the Commission and the document is submitted for lodgment without payment of the fee, the document shall be deemed not to have been lodged until the fee has been paid.

(3)  Where a fee is payable to the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs for Tasmania for and on behalf of the State under subsection (1) for or in respect of any matter involving the doing of any act or thing by the Commission, the Commission shall not do that act or thing until the fee has been paid.

(4)  This section has effect notwithstanding anything contained in the applied provisions.