117Fees and other rules for fee‑bearing activities

117  Fees and other rules for fee‑bearing activities

 (1) The rules may prescribe fees that may be charged in relation to activities (fee‑bearing activities) carried out by, or on behalf of, the Regulator or the Commonwealth in the performance of functions or the exercise of powers under this Act.

 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), or subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, the rules may do the following:

 (a) prescribe 2 or more fees for the same matter;

 (b) prescribe a method for working out a fee;

 (c) prescribe circumstances in which a person is exempt from paying a specified fee;

 (d) prescribe different fees for different classes of persons or activities;

 (e) specify that the amount of a fee is the cost (including the internal cost) incurred by the Regulator or the Commonwealth in arranging and paying for another person to carry out the relevant fee‑bearing activity.

 (3) A fee prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) must not be such as to amount to taxation.

Division 3—Payment of cost‑recovery charges