sec.21Fee exemption for State-related complainant

### sec.21 Fee exemption for State-related complainant Despite section 20 (1) , no fee is payable under schedule 3 , items 1 to 4 or 5(a) by a State-related complainant. If— a complaint is made by a State-related complainant; and a court makes an order against the defendant in relation to the complaint; the court must order the defendant to pay to the clerk of the court the amount of any filing fee stated in schedule 3 , items 1 to 3 that would have been payable in relation to the complaint by the State-related complainant if subsection (1) had not applied. In this section— State-related complainant means— the Sovereign; or the State or a person acting for the State; or an entity, or a person acting for an entity, whose expenditure is entirely payable out of the consolidated fund. s 21 amd 2022 SL No. 79 s 93 (sec.21-ssec.1) Despite section 20 (1) , no fee is payable under schedule 3 , items 1 to 4 or 5(a) by a State-related complainant. (sec.21-ssec.2) If— a complaint is made by a State-related complainant; and a court makes an order against the defendant in relation to the complaint; the court must order the defendant to pay to the clerk of the court the amount of any filing fee stated in schedule 3 , items 1 to 3 that would have been payable in relation to the complaint by the State-related complainant if subsection (1) had not applied. (sec.21-ssec.3) In this section— State-related complainant means— the Sovereign; or the State or a person acting for the State; or an entity, or a person acting for an entity, whose expenditure is entirely payable out of the consolidated fund. - (a) a complaint is made by a State-related complainant; and - (b) a court makes an order against the defendant in relation to the complaint; - (a) the Sovereign; or - (b) the State or a person acting for the State; or - (c) an entity, or a person acting for an entity, whose expenditure is entirely payable out of the consolidated fund.