56Fees for audits

56 Fees for audits

56 Fees for audits

(1) IPART may charge the applicant or the licensee subject to the audit (the audit target) a reasonable fee for an audit undertaken by an auditor engaged by IPART under section 54(3)(a).

(2) IPART may defer consideration of an application until the fee under subsection (1) is paid.

(3) The fee under subsection (1) is recoverable by IPART as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(4) The fee for an audit undertaken by an auditor engaged by the audit target under section 54(3)(b) is payable by the audit target.