7Referable debt—meaning

7 Referable debt—meaning

7 Referable debt—meaning

(1) A referable debt means—

(a) a fee, charge or other amount that is specified in Schedule 1, or

(b) a fee, charge or other amount declared to be a referable debt by—

(i) an order under subsection (2), or

(ii) another Act.

(2) The Chief Commissioner may, by order published on the NSW legislation website, declare any specified kind of fee, charge or other amount payable to the State or a specified public authority to be a referable debt.

(3) Sections 40 and 41 of the Interpretation Act 1987 apply in relation to an order under subsection (2) in the same way as they apply to a statutory rule.

(4) A referable debt does not include—

(a) a fine (within the meaning of the Fines Act 1996), or

(b) an amount of a kind excluded by the regulations.

s 7: Am 2022 No 16, Sch 7[3]; 2024 No 90, Sch 7[2].