132Reduction, waiver, postponement, remission or refund of fees

132 Reduction, waiver, postponement, remission or refund of fees S. 132(1) substituted by No. 20/2015 s. 18(2). (1) The principal registrar in any case may reduce, waive, postpone, remit or refund any fee payable under this Act or the regulations if the principal registrar considers that the payment of the fee would cause the person responsible for its payment financial hardship or on any other prescribed ground in the regulations. S. 132(1A) inserted by No. 20/2015 s. 18(2). (1A) If a fee or charge for services provided by the Tribunal of a kind not referred to in subsection (1) is payable, the principal registrar, on application, may reduce, waive, postpone, remit or refund the fee or charge if the principal registrar considers the payment of the fee or charge would cause the person responsible for its payment financial hardship or on any other prescribed ground in the regulations. S. 132(2) amended by No. 20/2015 s. 18(3)(4). (2) If costs are awarded by the Tribunal against a person who has had a fee reduced, waived, postponed, remitted or refunded under subsection (1) or subsection (1A), the person becomes liable to pay the amount of the fee previously reduced, waived, postponed, remitted or refunded. (3) If a person becomes liable to pay a fee because of subsection (2), the person is not entitled, without leave of the Tribunal, to bring any proceeding, or make any application in an existing proceeding, until the fee is paid. S. 132A inserted by No. 33/2018 s. 66.