Funeral Funds Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2005 (NSW)

2005 No 232

New South Wales

Funeral Funds Amendment (Fees)

Regulation 2005

under the

Funeral Funds Act 1979

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Funeral Funds Act 1979.

JOHN HATZISTERGOS, M.L.C.,

Minister for Fair Trading

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to increase the fees payable to the Commissioner for Fair Trading in the Department of Commerce (who is referred to in the Funeral Funds Act 1979 as the Director-General of that Department) in relation to funeral contribution funds and pre-arranged funeral funds. The fee increases are in line with movements in the Consumer Price Index.

This Regulation is made under the Funeral Funds Act 1979, including section 92 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 73 of 17 June 2005, page 2361	Page 1
2005 No 232
Clause 1	Funeral Funds Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2005

Funeral Funds Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2005

under the

Funeral Funds Act 1979

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Funeral Funds Amendment (Fees) Regulation
2005.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 July 2005.

3 Amendment of Funeral Funds Regulation 2001

The Funeral Funds Regulation 2001 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.

2005 No 232

Funeral Funds Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2005

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 3)

Clause 24

Omit the clause. Insert instead:

24      Fees

The fees to be taken in the office of the Director-General are as set out in the Table to this clause.

Table

Matter	Fee
For registering a funeral contribution fund	$389
For registering a pre-paid funeral fund	$389
For approving an alteration of or addition to the rules of a	$130
funeral contribution fund
For confirming a scheme of transfer or amalgamation of the	$52
contributory funeral benefit business of a funeral contribution fund
For confirming a scheme of transfer of trust funds under	$52
pre-paid contracts
For receiving an application for the enlargement or	$52
abridgment of time for the doing of any act required by or under the Act to be done
For receiving a return and any accompanying documents	$52
referred to in section 24 (1) of the Act or a return referred to in section 49G (1) of the Act
For receiving a copy of an auditor’s report on a pre-paid	$52
funeral fund under section 49C (2) of the Act
For providing a copy of a return or document, or part of a	$1 per
return or document, certified under the hand and seal of the	page
Director-General to be a true copy	provided that the total fee does not exceed $36
For confirming the appointment of a substitute or additional	$52
trustee under section 38 of the Act

BY AUTHORITY