Regulations may be made under section 167(1)(j) for the purpose of prescribing, or providing for the fixing of, fees and charges payable by a person specified in subsection (2) to meet, or assist in meeting, the costs and expenses incurred by the Agency in exercising functions or powers, performing duties, or providing services under—

The persons are—

Different rates of fees or charges, or both, may be prescribed or fixed in respect of different classes of vehicles or on any other differential basis.

Regulations made under section 167(1)(j) for the purpose specified in subsection (1) may—

The Director may, at any time, reduce or waive a penalty for late payment if the Director considers that it is just to do so.

This section does not limit the generality of section 167(1)(j).

In this section and section 167BB, Type A vehicle, Type B vehicle, and vehicle importer have the meanings given in section 172(1).

The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations authorising the Registrar or the Director to decline to process a person’s registration application until the person has paid a specified fee or charge for which they are liable under regulations made in accordance with section 167BA (regulations relating to cost recovery for administering Part 13 (clean vehicle standard)).

In this section,—

Registrar has the meaning given in section 233(1)

registration application means an application for registration under Part 17 of a Type A vehicle or a Type B vehicle that has not previously been registered.

Regulations made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).