PART VI
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MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 67
FEES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SUMMONS
67(1)
A person who, under a prescribed provision of this Act or another enactment, is required to give evidence, or produce a document or give information, for the purposes of a proceeding before the Tribunal is to be paid, in accordance with the regulations, any fee or allowance prescribed by the regulations in relation to compliance with the requirement.
67(2)
Without limiting the matters that may be dealt with by regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1), the regulations may:
(a)
prescribe circumstances in which a fee or allowance is not payable; or
(b)
provide that a fee or allowance is to be paid:
(i)
if the requirement was made of the person at the request of a party to the proceeding
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by the party; or
(ii)
by the Commonwealth.
History
S 67 substituted by No 60 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 148, effective 1 July 2015. For transitional and saving provisions, see note under the title of the Act. S 67 formerly read:
SECTION 67 FEES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SUMMONS
67(1)
A person summoned under this Act is entitled to be paid fees, and allowances for expenses, fixed by or in accordance with the regulations in respect of his or her compliance with the summons.
History
S 67(1) amended by No 38 of 2005. No 38 of 2005, Sch 1
[
197], provides:
Application
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section 67 of the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
The amendments of section 67 of the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
made by this Schedule apply in relation to a summons issued after the commencement of this item.
For transitional provisions see note under s
2A
.
S 67(1) amended by No 175 of 1995.
67(2)
Subject to subsection (3), the fees and allowances shall be paid
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(a)
in a case where the person was summoned at the request of a party
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by that party; and
(b)
in any other case
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by the Commonwealth.
History
S 67(2) amended by No 38 of 2005. For application and transitional provisions see note under s
67(1)
and
2A
.
S 67(2) amended by No 58 of 1977.
67(3)
The Tribunal may, in its discretion, order that the fees and allowances of a person referred to in paragraph (2)(a) shall be paid, in whole or in part, by the Commonwealth.
History
S 67(3) amended by No 38 of 2005. For application and transitional provisions see note under s
67(1)
and
2A
.
S 67(3) amended by No 58 of 1977.