Corporations (Fees) Amendment Act 2003 (Cth)

Corporations (Fees) Amendment Act 2003

No. 22, 2003

An Act to amend the Corporations (Fees) Act 2001, and for related purposes

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Corporations (Fees) Amendment Act 2003

No. 22, 2003

An Act to amend the Corporations (Fees) Act 2001, and for related purposes

[Assented to 11 April 2003]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Corporations (Fees) Amendment Act 2003.

2Commencement

This Act commences on 1 July 2003.

3Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Corporations (Fees) Act 2001

1

After section 5

Insert:

5ADifferential fees for electronic compliance in relation to a chargeable matter

The regulations may prescribe, in relation to a chargeable matter, different fees having regard to whether the matter is complied with by electronic means.

2

Paragraph 6(1)(a)

Omit “$5,000”, substitute “$10,000”.

3

Subsection 6(3)

Omit “$25,000”, substitute “$50,000”.

4

Section 8

Omit “sections 5 and 6”, substitute “sections 5, 5A and 6”.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 12 December 2002

Senate on 26 March 2003]

(274/02)