Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If a power is conferred under a law for a statutory instrument to prescribe a fee, the power includes a power to—
(a) exempt any person or matter from payment of the fee; or
(b) waive payment of the fee for any person or matter.
(2) If—
(a) a law requires payment of a fee prescribed under a statutory instrument by a person or for a matter; and
(b) either—
(i) the person or matter is exempted under the statutory instrument from payment of the fee; or
(ii) the fee is waived for the person or matter under the statutory instrument;
the requirement to pay the fee is taken to have been satisfied.