(1) Where —
(a) a
document was executed for the purpose of giving effect to an agreement; and
(b) a
party to the transfer or other dealing effected by the document holds a
certificate under subsection (2) in respect of the agreement to which the
document relates,
no fee is payable
under section 4 for the lodgment for registration of the document, but there
is payable instead a fee of an amount prescribed for the purposes of this
subsection.
(2) The Minister may,
on application in writing, grant a certificate that the Minister is satisfied
that an agreement was not, or is not proposed to be, entered into for the
purpose of avoiding or reducing the fees that would, but for the certificate,
be payable under section 4 for the lodgment of a document that is proposed to
be lodged for registration.
(3) The amount
prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) is not to exceed $20 000.