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Corporations (Review Fees) Regulations 2003

Statutory Rules No. 160, 2003

made under the

Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003

Compilation No. 11

Compilation date: 12 March 2025

Includes amendments: F2025L00310

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Corporations (Review Fees) Regulations 2003 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 12 March 2025 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register ( The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Contents

Part 1Preliminary 1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Corporations (Review Fees) Regulations 2003.

3Definitions
  1. (1)

    In these Regulations:

    Act means the Corporations Act 2001.

    financial year means a period of 12 months starting on 1 July.

    small transferring financial institution means a transferring financial institution of a State or Territory:

    1. (a)

      for which a review date applies in accordance with sections 345A, 345B and 345C of the Act; and

    2. (b)

      for which any of the following circumstances exists on 1 July immediately before that review date:

      1. (i)

        a levy under the Authorised Deposit‑taking Institutions Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998 or the Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998 is not payable;

      2. (ii)

        the minimum levy amount determined under subsection 7 (3) of the Authorised Deposit‑taking Institutions Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998 is payable;

      3. (iii)

        the minimum levy amount determined under subsection 7 (3) of the Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998 is payable.

    special purpose company means:

    1. (a)

      a company holding a licence that is continued in force by section 151 of the Act and allows the company to omit ‘Limited’ from its name; or

    2. (b)

      in the case of a company limited by guarantee, or by both shares and guarantee, that was registered immediately before the commencement of this paragraph—if the constitution of the company states that the company:

      1. (i)

        is formed for the purpose of providing recreation or amusement or promoting commerce, industry, art, science, religion, charity, patriotism, pension or superannuation schemes or any other object useful to the community; and

      2. (ii)

        applies its profits (if any) or other income in promoting its purpose; and

      3. (iii)

        prohibits the distribution of its income or property to its members; or

    3. (c)

      a company that, under subsection 150 (1) of the Act, is registered without ‘Limited’ in its name; or

    4. (d)

      a company the constitution of which:

      1. (i)

        requires the company to pursue charitable purposes only and to apply its income in promoting those purposes; and

      2. (ii)

        prohibits the company making distributions to its members and paying fees to its directors; and

      3. (iii)

        requires its directors to approve all other payments the company makes to them; or

    5. (e)

      a proprietary company, if:

      1. (i)

        the company is the proprietor of land on which a building divided into separate residential areas and areas for common use is erected; and

      2. (ii)

        the members of the company are entitled, because of the shares they hold in the company, to the exclusive occupation of 1 or more of the residential areas and to the use of the common areas; and

      3. (iii)

        the company only operates to facilitate and enforce the rights of company members in relation to the exclusive occupation of the residential areas and to maintain the common areas; or

    6. (f)

      a company, other than a company mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), if:

      1. (i)

        the constitution of the company prohibits distribution of the company’s income or property to its members; and

      2. (ii)

        the sole purpose of the company is to act as the trustee of a regulated superannuation fund within the meaning of section 19 of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993.

    transferring financial institution of a State or Territory has the meaning given by clause 1 of Schedule 4 to the Act.

  2. (2)

    Other expressions used in these Regulations that are defined in the Act have the same meanings as they have in that Act.

Part 2Review fees 4Review fees

Fees

(1) For subsection 5 (1) of the Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003, fees are prescribed in relation to review dates for a company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund mentioned in an item of the table in clause 1 of Schedule 1 if the fees are to be paid annually.

(2) For subsection 5 (1) of the Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003:

  1. (a)

    fees are prescribed in relation to review dates for a company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund mentioned in an item of the table in clause 2 of Schedule 1 if the fees are to be paid before the conduct of the review; and

  2. (b)

    a company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund that pays the fee prescribed by this subregulation before the conduct of the review is not required to pay another fee in relation to review dates for the period of 10 years starting when the company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund pays the fee.

(3) For subsection 5 (1) of the Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003, fees are specified in relation to review dates for a company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund in the circumstances mentioned in the table in clause 3 of Schedule 1.

Amount of fees

(4) For subsection 6 (1) of the Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003, the amount of a review fee for a company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund is:

  1. (a)

    if subregulation 5 (2) applies to the fee—zero; and

  2. (b)

    if subregulation (5), (6) or (7) applies:

    1. (i)

      the amount specified in that subregulation (subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph); or

    2. (ii)

      if the amount specified in that subregulation is more than $10,000—$10,000.

Note: Regulation 5 applies if the effect of a change of review date is that there will be 2 review dates for the company, scheme or fund in a financial year.

(5) In the financial year starting on 1 July 2024, the amount of a review fee for a company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund is the amount mentioned in the item of the table in Schedule 1 that applies in relation to the company, scheme or fund and the review fee.

(6) In the financial year starting on 1 July 2025, or a subsequent 1 July, if the latest CPI number is greater than the earlier CPI number, the amount of a review fee for a company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund is the amount worked out using the formula:

where:

previous indexable amount is the amount of the review fee for the company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund that was applicable immediately before that 1 July.

(7) In the financial year starting on 1 July 2025, or a subsequent 1 July, if the latest CPI number is not greater than the earlier CPI number, the amount of a review fee for a company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund is the amount of the review fee that was applicable immediately before that 1 July.

(8) If, apart from this subregulation, the amount specified under subregulation (6) would be an amount of dollars and cents, the amount is to be rounded to the nearest whole dollar and, if the amount to be rounded is 50 cents, rounded down.

(9) For this regulation:

  1. (a)

    if the Australian Statistician publishes a CPI number for a March quarter in substitution for a CPI number previously published by the Australian Statistician for that quarter, the publication of the later CPI number must be disregarded; and

  2. (b)

    if the Australian Statistician changes the reference base for the Consumer Price Index, then, after the change is made, regard must be had only to the CPI numbers published using the new reference base.

(10) In this regulation:

CPI number means the All Groups Consumer Price Index number (being the weighted average of the 8 Australian capital cities) published by the Australian Statistician.

earlier CPI number is the CPI number for the March quarter 2 financial years before the relevant financial year begins.

latest CPI number is the CPI number for the last March quarter before the relevant financial year begins.

5No fee for second review date in a financial year
  1. (1)

    This regulation applies if:

    1. (a)

      a company, responsible entity of a registered scheme or operator of a notified foreign passport fund changes the review date for the company, scheme or fund under section 345B of the Act; and

    2. (b)

      the effect of the change of review date is that there will be 2 review dates for the company, scheme or fund in a financial year.

  2. (2)

    For subsection 6 (1) of the Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003, no review fee is prescribed for the second of the review dates mentioned in paragraph (1) (b).

Part 3Application, saving and transitional provisionsDivision 1Amendments made by the Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework) Regulations 20226Indexation of review fees for CCIVs
  1. (1)

    Despite subregulations 4(4), (6) and (7), in the financial year starting on 1 July 2022, the amount of a review fee prescribed in relation to review dates for a company mentioned in item 102A of the table in Part 1 or 1A of Schedule 1, as inserted by the amending regulations, is the amount mentioned in column 3 of the item in that Part for the company.

  2. (2)

    In this regulation:

    amending regulations means the Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework) Regulations 2022.

Division 2Amendments made by the Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Regulations 20257Application and transitional provisions

Upfront fees

(1) To avoid doubt, if:

  1. (a)

    before the commencement of the amending regulations, a company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund paid in relation to a review date a fee prescribed by subregulation 4(2), as in force at the time the payment was made; and

  2. (b)

    at that time, the company, scheme or fund was mentioned in an item of Part 1A of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

  3. (c)

    the payment was made before the conduct of the review relating to the review date;

then subregulation 4(2), as amended by the amending regulations, applies in relation to the company, scheme or fund at and after the commencement of the amending regulations as if it had paid the fee prescribed by that subregulation before the conduct of the review.

Fee amounts

(2) The amendment of subregulation 4(5) made by the amending regulations applies in relation to a review fee in the financial year starting on 1 July 2024 for a review date that occurs at or after the commencement of the amending regulations.

(3) The amendments of subregulations 4(6) and (7) made by the amending regulations apply in relation to review fees in a financial year starting on or after 1 July 2025.

(4) For the purposes of subregulations 4(6) and (7), the amount of a review fee applicable immediately before 1 July 2025 is taken to be the amount applicable under Schedule 1 as amended by the amending regulations.

Definitions

(5) In this regulation:

amending regulations means the Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2025.

Schedule 1Review fees

Note: See regulation 4.

1Annual fees

The following table sets out amounts for the purposes of working out review fees for companies, registered schemes and notified foreign passport funds if those fees are to be paid annually:

Annual fees

Item

Company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund

Amount

1

A public company, except a special purpose company or a small transferring financial institution

$1,492

2

A proprietary company, except a special purpose company

$321

3

A CCIV, except a special purpose company

$1,492

4

A special purpose company that is not a proprietary company

$61

5

A special purpose company that is a proprietary company

$65

6

A registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund

$1,492

7

A registered scheme that is being wound up

no fee

8

A notified foreign passport fund in relation to which a notice has been given under subsection 1216J(1) of the Act (notices to be given before removing a fund as a notified foreign passport fund)

no fee

9

A small transferring financial institution, except a special purpose company

$298

10

A company in liquidation

no fee

11

A registered entity under the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Act 2012

no fee

2Upfront fees

The following table sets out amounts for the purposes of working out review fees for companies, registered schemes and notified foreign passport funds if the fees are to be paid before the conduct of the review:

Upfront fees

Item

Company, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund

Amount

1

A public company, except a special purpose company or a small transferring financial institution

$10,000

2

A proprietary company, except a special purpose company

$2,381

3

A CCIV, except a special purpose company

$10,000

4

A special purpose company that is not a proprietary company

$446

5

A special purpose company that is a proprietary company

$452

6

A registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund

$10,000

3Late fees

The following table sets out circumstances in which certain review fees are specified and the amounts of those fees:

Late fees

Item

Circumstance

Amount

1

Paying a review fee after the date on which the fee becomes due and payable, but within one month after that date

$96

2

Paying a review fee more than one month after the date on which the fee becomes due and payable

$401

Note: For when a fee becomes due and payable, see subsection 1351(3) of the Act.

Endnotes

Endnote 1About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect from the compilation registration date.

If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, then the misdescribed amendment can be incorporated through an editorial change made under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.

Endnote 2Abbreviation key

o = order(s)

ad = added or inserted

Ord = Ordinance

am = amended

orig = original

amdt = amendment

par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)

c = clause(s)

/sub‑subparagraph(s)

C[x] = Compilation No. x

pres = present

Ch = Chapter(s)

prev = previous

def = definition(s)

(prev…) = previously

Dict = Dictionary

Pt = Part(s)

disallowed = disallowed by Parliament

r = regulation(s)/rule(s)

Div = Division(s)

exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have

reloc = relocated

effect

renum = renumbered

F = Federal Register of Legislation

rep = repealed

gaz = gazette

rs = repealed and substituted

LA = Legislation Act 2003

s = section(s)/subsection(s)

LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003

Sch = Schedule(s)

(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given

Sdiv = Subdivision(s)

effect

SLI = Select Legislative Instrument

(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment

SR = Statutory Rules

cannot be given effect

Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s)

mod = modified/modification

SubPt = Subpart(s)

No. = Number(s)

underlining = whole or part not

commenced or to be commenced

Endnote 3Legislation history

Number and year

FRLI registration or gazettal

Commencement

Application, saving and transitional provisions

2003 No. 160

26 June 2003

1 July 2003

2003 No. 370

23 Dec 2003

1 Jan 2004

—

2004 No. 196

1 July 2004

1 July 2004

—

2007 No. 200

29 June 2007 (see F2007L01902)

1 Sept 2007 (r 2)

—

2010 No. 58

25 Mar 2010 (see F2010L00740)

26 Mar 2010

—

2011 No. 109

21 June 2011 (see F2011L01089)

1 July 2011

—

125, 2013

14 June 2013 (see F2013L00993)

Sch 1 (item 2): 1 July 2013

—

Name

Registration

Commencement

Application, saving and transitional provisions

ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Amendment (Enhancements) Regulations 2018

29 June 2018 (F2018L00963)

Sch 15: 1 July 2018 (s 2(1) item 11)

—

Corporations Amendment (Asia Region Funds Passport) Regulations 2018

20 Aug 2018 (F2018L01144)

Sch 2 (items 27–38): 18 Sept 2018 (s 2(1) item 2)

—

Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework) Regulations 2022

31 Mar 2022 (F2022L00466)

1 July 2022 (s 2(1) item 1)

—

Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2025

11 Mar 2025 (F2025L00310)

12 Mar 2025 (s 2(1) item 1)

—

Endnote 4Amendment history

Provision affected

How affected

Part 1

Part 1 heading.............................

ad F2022L00466

r 2.............................................

rep LA s 48D

r 3.............................................

am F2022L00466; F2025L00310

Part 2

Part 2 heading.............................

ad F2022L00466

r 4.............................................

rs No 370, 2003

am No 200, 2007

rs No 58, 2010

am No 109, 2011; F2018L00963; F2018L01144; F2025L00310

r 5.............................................

am F2018L01144; F2025L00310

Part 3

Part 3.........................................

ad F2022L00466

Division 1

r 6.............................................

ad F2022L00466

Division 2

Division 2..................................

ad F2025L00310

r 7.............................................

ad F2025L00310

Schedule 1

Schedule 1..................................

rs No 370, 2003

am No 196, 2004; No 200, 2007; No 109, 2011; No 125, 2013; F2018L01144; F2022L00466

rs F2025L00310

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