South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts52A—Commissioner to recover administration costs
(1) The Commissioner
must, not less than 1 month before the commencement of each financial
year, notify the licensee in writing of the amount fixed by the Minister as
the recoverable administration costs for that financial year.
(2) If, during the
course of the financial year, the Minister varies the amount fixed as the
recoverable administration costs for the financial year, the Commissioner must
notify the licensee in writing of the variation, specifying the amount fixed
as the revised recoverable administration costs for that financial year.
(3) Subject to
subsection (4), the licensee must, in each month of the financial year,
pay to the Commissioner one-twelfth of the amount of the recoverable
administration costs for that financial year.
(4) If a notice is
given to the licensee under subsection (2), the licensee must, in each
month of the financial year following that notice, pay to the Commissioner an
amount equal to the revised recoverable administration costs specified in the
notice less the total of the payments that have fallen due under this section
in the financial year, divided by the number of payments yet to fall due under
this section in the financial year.
(5) If the whole or a
part of an amount payable by the licensee is not paid to the Commissioner as
required, the amount unpaid may be recovered from the licensee as a debt due
to the State.
(6) In proceedings for
recovery of an amount unpaid, the Commissioner's certificate is to be regarded
as conclusive evidence of the recoverable administration costs or revised
recoverable administration costs for the period specified in the certificate.
(7) In this
section—
"administration costs" means the costs of administering this Act arising out
of, or in connection with, the carrying out of the Commissioner's
administrative and regulatory functions in respect of the licensee.