EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 No. 225
Subject: | Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 |
| Aboriginal Councils and Associations Regulations (Amendment) |
Section 82 of the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make Regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act, and, in particular, in sub-section 82(i), prescribe the fees to be paid on the making, giving, publishing, issuing, filing or inspecting of any document under this Act or the regulations.
Schedule 3 of the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Regulations currently specifies the fees to be charged for various services under the Act, including payment of a fee of $20.00 for issuing a Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to paragraph 45(1)(a) of the Act and payment of a $2.00 fee for filing any document with the Registrar.
The revised Schedule 3 to the Regulations embodies the changes to the fees. These changes are an increase of the fee for issuing a Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to paragraph 45(1)(a) of the Act to $50.00 and complete deletion from the Schedule of the payment of a fee for filing a document with the Registrar.
Details of the proposed Regulations are as follows:
Regulation 1 provides that the Regulations shall come into operation on 1 October 1984.
Regulation 2 repeals existing Schedule 3 and replaces it with a new Schedule that specifies the new fees.