New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

4 Schedule of costs

• (1) The Commerce Commission must prepare, as soon as is reasonably practicable, a schedule that—

  • (a) identifies, in respect of the processing of applications generally, the stages of the work involved and, if practicable, the likely apportionment of costs between those stages:

  • (b) identifies, in respect of the processing of any particular application, a method of calculation to determine the actual cost of processing the application and refund:

  • (c) indicates how refunds will be paid in the event that the actual cost of processing is materially less than the fee paid under these regulations.

  (2) The method of calculation in subclause (1)(b) may be any method of calculation that will enable an amount to be arrived at (including an hourly rate) or any other means that fixes or will fix a cost for the work involved in processing an application and refund.

  (3) A copy of the schedule must be—

  • (a) Available for public inspection free of charge during normal office hours at the offices of the Commission; and

  • (b) Sent by the Commission to any person who requests it.

  (4) The Commission may amend the schedule from time to time.

  Regulation 4(1): substituted, on 30 October 2008, by regulation 6 of the Electricity Industry Reform Act (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/354).