55Fees and charges

55 Fees and charges

(1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Government Gazette, fix fees and charges and the rate of interest on those fees and charges for anything done under this Act, other than inspection fees payable to an approved inspection service.

(2) A fee or charge fixed under subsection (1) must be fixed as one or more fee units or as part of a fee unit.

(3) The following applies in respect of a fee or charge—

(a) the fee or charge may be expressed as being, or including, a part of a fee unit, but only of a part that is a tenth or more of a fee unit;

(b) the amount of the fee or charge is to be calculated by multiplying the number of fee units applicable by the value of a fee unit fixed from time to time under section 5 of the Monetary Units Act 2004;

(c) despite section 7(3) of the Monetary Units Act 2004, if the amount of a fee or charge calculated in accordance with paragraph (b) is not a multiple of 5 cents, the amount must be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.

(4) Any fee or charge due under this Act bears interest at the rate fixed under subsection (1) from the date that the fee or charge becomes due to the date that it is paid.