Companies (Acquisition of Shares—Fees) Act 1980 (Cth)

COMPANIES (ACQUISITION OF SHARES-FEES) ACT 1980
- Updated as at 30 June 1993 (#DATE 30:06:1993)

*1* The Companies (Acquisition of Shares-Fees) Act 1980 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 65, 1980 amended as indicated in the Tables below. Table of Acts Act Date Date of Application, Number and of Assent commencement saving or year transitional provisions Companies (Acquisition of Shares-Fees) Act 1980 65, 1980 28 May 1980 1 July 1981 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1981, No. S118) Companies (Acquisition of Shares-Fees) Amendment Act 1981 95, 1981 18 June 1981 1 Oct 1981 - (see Gazette 1981, No. S191) Co-operative Scheme Legislation Amendment Act 1989 92, 1989 27 June 1989 S. 79: (a) - as amended by Corporations Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991 201, 1991 18 Dec 1991 S. 16: Royal - Assent (b) (a) Section 79 of the Co-operative Scheme Legislation Amendment Act 1989 was repealed by section 16 of the Corporations Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991 before a date was fixed for the commencement. (b) The Co-operative Scheme Legislation Amendment Act 1989 was amended by section 16 only of the Corporations Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991, subsection 2 (1) of which provides as follows: "(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent." Table of Amendments ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted Provision affected How affected S. 4 am. No. 95, 1981

COMPANIES (ACQUISITION OF SHARES-FEES) ACT 1980 - LONG TITLE 
SECT

     An Act relating to fees payable for the purposes of
       the Companies (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1980

COMPANIES (ACQUISITION OF SHARES-FEES) ACT 1980 - SECT 1 
Short title 
SECT

  1. This Act may be cited as the Companies (Acquisition of Shares - Fees) Act
1980. *1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

COMPANIES (ACQUISITION OF SHARES-FEES) ACT 1980 - SECT 2 
Commencement 
SECT

  2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which the Companies
(Acquisition of Shares) Act 1980 comes into operation. *1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

COMPANIES (ACQUISITION OF SHARES-FEES) ACT 1980 - SECT 3 
Interpretation 
SECT

  3. Expressions used in this Act have the same respective meanings as in the
Companies (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1980.

COMPANIES (ACQUISITION OF SHARES-FEES) ACT 1980 - SECT 4 
Fees payable 
SECT

  4. (1) There shall be paid to the Commonwealth for or in respect of:
  (a) the lodgment of documents with the Commission under the Companies
(Acquisition of Shares) Act 1980;
  (b) the registration of documents under that Act or the inspection or search
of registers kept by, or documents in the custody of, the Commission under
that Act;
  (c) the production by the Commission, pursuant to a subpoena, of any
register kept by, or documents in the custody of, the Commission under that
Act;
  (d) the issuing of documents or copies of documents, the granting of
consents or approvals or the doing of other acts or things by the Commission
under that Act;
  (e) the making of inquiries of, or applications to, the Commission in
relation to matters arising under that Act; and
  (f) the submission to the Commission of documents for examination by the
Commission;
such fees (if any) as are prescribed.
  (2) Where a fee is payable to the Commonwealth under subsection (1) for or
in respect of the lodgment of a document with the Commission and the document
is submitted for lodgment without payment of the fee, the document shall be
deemed not to have been lodged until the fee has been paid.
  (3) Where a fee is payable to the Commonwealth under subsection (1) for or
in respect of any matter involving the doing of any act or thing by the
Commission, the Commission shall not do that act or thing until the fee has
been paid.
  (4) This section has effect notwithstanding anything contained in the
Companies (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1980.
  (5) Nothing in this section prevents the Commonwealth from:
  (a) waiving or reducing, in a particular case or classes of cases, fees that
would otherwise be payable pursuant to this section; or
  (b) refunding, in whole or in part, in a particular case or classes of
cases, fees paid pursuant to this section.

COMPANIES (ACQUISITION OF SHARES-FEES) ACT 1980 - SECT 5 
Regulations 
SECT

  5. (1) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing fees, not in any case exceeding $1,000, for the purposes of
subsection 4 (1).
  (2) The power of the Governor-General to make regulations shall be exercised
only in accordance with advice that is consistent with resolutions of the
Ministerial Council.