3AInformation fees

3A Information fees

(1) For the purposes of section 32 of the Act, a person who: (a) makes a permit application or a variation application; and (b) is given a request to provide information under subsection 15(1) or 26A(1) of the Act in relation to the application; and (c) complies with the request; is liable to pay the Commonwealth a fee (a prescribed fee) specified in clause 2 of Schedule 1. (2) For the purposes of section 32 of the Act, a person who: (a) applies for a special import permit, or for a variation of such a permit, under a provision of Part 2 of the Act as applied by the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) (Imports from the Democratic Republic of Timor‑Leste) Regulations 2003; and (b) is given a request to provide information under subsection 15(1) or 26A(1) of the Act, as applied by the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) (Imports from the Democratic Republic of Timor‑Leste) Regulations 2003, in relation to the application; and (c) complies with the request; is liable to pay the Commonwealth a fee (a prescribed fee) specified in clause 2 of Schedule 1. (3) For the purposes of section 32 of the Act, a person who: (a) applies for a special import permit or a special transit permit, or for a variation of such a permit, under a provision of Part 2 of the Act as applied by the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) (Waigani Convention) Regulations 1999; and (b) is given a request to provide information under subsection 15(1) or 26A(1) of the Act, as applied by the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) (Waigani Convention) Regulations 1999, in relation to the application; and (c) complies with the request; is liable to pay the Commonwealth a fee (a prescribed fee) specified in clause 2 of Schedule 1. (4) A prescribed fee under subregulation (1), (2) or (3): (a) becomes due and payable to the Commonwealth at the time the person complies with the request; and (b) may be recovered as a debt due to the Commonwealth by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.