Section 372 — Companies Act 1993: Fees

372 Fees (1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations prescribing— (a) Fees or other amounts payable to the Registrar in respect of the performance of functions and the exercise of powers under this Act: (b) Amounts payable to the Registrar by way of penalty for failure to deliver a document to the Registrar within the time prescribed by this Act: (c) Fees or other amounts payable to the Registrar in respect of any other matter under this Act. (2) The Registrar may refuse to perform a function or exercise a power until the prescribed fee or amount is paid. (3) Any Order in Council made under subsection (1) of this section may authorise the Registrar to waive, in whole or in part and on such conditions as may be prescribed, payment of any amount referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection. (3A) If the Registrar declines to reserve a name or revokes the reservation of a name under section 22 of this Act, the Registrar may remit the fee payable in respect of a subsequent application on behalf of the company to reserve a name. (3B) If the Registrar, under section 24(1) of this Act, requires a company to change its name, no fee is payable in respect of an application for the reservation of a name or an application to change the name of the company. (4) Any fee or amount payable to the Registrar is recoverable by the Registrar in any court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown. Compare: 1955 No 63 s 8; 1973 No 13 s 3; 1975 No 137 s 4 Subsections (3A) and (3B) were inserted, as from 1 July 1994, by section 45 Companies Act 1993 Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 6).