Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FEDERAL COURT AND FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 2.21

Notice of decision

  (1)   A relevant Registrar or an authorised officer must give a liable person for a fee a notice in accordance with this section if the relevant Registrar or authorised officer makes a decision about the payment of the fee under section   2.06 or 2.06A, subsection   2.08(3), section   2.15 or subsection   2.19(7).

  (2)   The relevant Registrar or authorised officer must give the notice to the liable person within 28 days after making the decision.

  (3)   The notice must set out:

  (a)   the decision; and

  (b)   for a decision mentioned in subsection   (5):

  (i)   a statement that the liable person may apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of the decision; and

  (ii)   reasons for the decision.

  (4)   Failure to comply with subparagraph   (3)(b)(i) does not affect the validity of the decision.

Application for review of decision

  (5)   The liable person may apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision:

  (a)   to not exempt a person from paying a fee; or

  (b)   to not defer the payment of a fee; or

  (c)   to not refund a hearing fee that has been paid for a hearing day in respect of a hearing that has not commenced; or

  (d)   to not determine that a person may pay a reduced fee; or

  (e)   to not be satisfied that the circumstances set out in subsection   2.08(4) apply in respect of certain taxation proceedings .