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MEAT EXPORT CHARGE COLLECTION ACT 1973 No. 126, 1973 - SECT 7
Penalty for non-payment.
7. (1) Where the liability of a person to pay any charge is not discharged on
or before the date on which the charge is due for payment, there is payable by
that person to Australia by way of penalty, in addition to that charge, an
amount calculated at the rate of ten per centum per annum upon that charge or
upon that part of that charge from time to time remaining unpaid, to be
computed from the time when that charge became due for payment.
(2) Where an exporter of meat, being the holder of a licence granted under
section 29 of the Meat Industry Act 1964-1969, fails to pay any charge that is
payable by him on or before the date on which it is due for payment, section
29A of that Act applies to and in relation to him as if he had failed to
comply with a condition to which the licence is expressed to be subject.
(3) The Minister or, subject to sub-section (4), an authorized person may, in
a particular case, for a reason that the Minister or the authorized person, as
the case may be, in his discretion, thinks sufficient, remit the whole or a
part of an amount payable under this section.
(4) A remission granted under sub-section (3) by an authorized person shall
not exceed One hundred dollars.
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