50Fees

50 Fees

50 Fees

(1) The purpose of this section is to enable the EPA to recover the administrative costs of services provided under this Act or the regulations.

(2) The EPA may charge fees for services provided under this Act or the regulations.

(3) The fee charged must be—

(a) prescribed by the regulations, or

(b) if the fee is not prescribed—a reasonable fee determined by the EPA.

(4) A fee or other charge payable to the EPA under this Act or the regulations may be recovered by the EPA as a debt due to the Crown in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(5) The EPA may—

(a) extend the time for payment of a fee or other charge payable to the EPA under this Act or the regulations, or

(b) refund or waive the whole or a part of a fee or other charge payable to the EPA under this Act or the regulations.

(6) In this section—

fee for service includes—

(a) the administrative costs of providing a service under this Act or the regulations, and

(b) the costs associated with the functions of the EPA under this Act or the regulations.

s 50 (previously s 21): Renumbered 2016 No 57, Sch 1 [2]. Subst 2021 No 31, Sch 3.5[2].