New Zealand Legislation: Bills

27 Further provisions relating to fees and levies

• (1) Every notice under any of sections 24 to 26 comes into force on a date specified in the notice, being not less than 28 days after the date of publication of the notice in the Gazette.

  (2) Every notice under any of sections 24 to 26 is a regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989, but is not a regulation and for the purposes of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

  (3) The Authority must ensure that an up-to-date version of each notice that the authority has published under any of sections 24 to 26 is—

  • (a) available on the Authority’s website; and

  • (b) available at the office of the Authority during business hours, so that members of the public may—

    • (i) inspect the notice free of charge; or

    • (ii) obtain a photocopy of the notice for a reasonable fee.

  (4) Every levy imposed by the Authority under sections 24 to 26, is payable, and recoverable as a debt due, to the Authority.

  (5) The Authority receives any levies imposed under section 26 as agent for the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice.

  (6) If any fee is payable to the Authority under this Act, the Registrar may decline to do any act, or to permit any act to be done, or to receive any document in respect of which that fee is payable, until the fee is paid.

  Compare: 2003 No 48 s 132