Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT REGULATIONS 1986 - REG 48A

         (1)   Subject to subregulation (3), where a Regulatory Authority in respect of a State or Territory performs a function in or in connection with the registration under the Act of a motor vehicle or trailer and that Authority performs an equivalent function in or in connection with the registration under a law of the State or Territory of motor vehicles or trailers, there shall be charged in respect of the performance of that function in or in connection with the registration under the Act of a motor vehicle or trailer:

               (b)    a fee equal to the fee (if any) that would be payable under the relevant law of the State or Territory, as in force from time to time, in respect of the performance of that function in or in connection with the registration under a law of the State or Territory of that motor vehicle or trailer in that State or Territory.

         (2)   Subject to subregulation (3), where a Regulatory Authority in respect of a State or Territory performs a function in or in connection with the registration under the Act of a motor vehicle or trailer, and that Authority does not perform an equivalent function in or in connection with the registration under a law of the State or Territory of motor vehicles or trailers, there shall be charged in respect of the performance of that function in or in connection with the registration under the Act of a motor vehicle or trailer:

               (b)    a fee equal to the fee (if any) payable in respect of the performance of that function where that fee is prescribed in the relevant law of the State or Territory as in force from time to time.

         (3)   Nothing in this regulation applies in respect of the performance of a function in respect of which a fee is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 9 (1) (a), subparagraph 9 (3) (b) (ii) or subsection 12 (2) of the Act.

         (4)   Where a fee provided for under subregulation (1) or (2) would, but for this subregulation, exceed $100, that fee shall be $100.