New Zealand Legislation: Acts

20 Fees in relation to defective applications

• (1) Where any instrument is returned as provided in section 18(a) of this Act, any fees paid to the Registrar in respect of the instrument shall be forfeited, unless any matter required to be rectified to enable the instrument to be registered is so rectified and the instrument is again lodged with the Registrar within a period of 40 working days from the date of its return by the Registrar under section 18(a) of this Act.

  (2) Where any instrument is returned as provided in section 19(b) of this Act, any fees paid to the Registrar in respect of that instrument shall be forfeited.

  (3) Nothing in this section applies in respect of any spectrum licence that is returned under section 25(1) or to any modification of a spectrum licence that is returned under section 57C.

  Subsection (3) was substituted, as from 12 October 2001, by section 9 Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 8). See clause 2 Radiocommunications Amendment Act Commencement Order 2001 (SR 2001/239).