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463A Authority may charge interest on unpaid fees
(1) The Authority may require a person to pay interest on a fee prescribed under a provision specified in subsection (2)—
(a) which that person owes to the Authority; and
(b) which has not been paid within one month after the fee became due and payable.
(2) The following provisions are specified—
(a) section 50A;
(b) section 55;
(c) section 90A;
(d) section 157A;
(e) section 181A;
(f) section 277A;
(g) section 459AA.
(3) The interest—
(a) is to be calculated at the rate fixed under section 2 of the **Penalty Interest Rates Act 1983** that applied on the day on which the fee was due to be paid; and
(b) continues to be payable until the payment or recovery of the fee.
Ch. 15 (Headings and ss 464–466) inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 18 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 32−40, 3/2020 ss 45, 46, 47/2020 s. 27).