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Fees payable to Commission
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381. (1) The Commission may determine fees that may be charged, subject to the approval of the Minister, in relation to—
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(a) the making of an appeal, application, referral or request,
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(b) any function of the Commission under this Act or any other enactment, and
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(c) any procedure arising in connection with an appeal, application, referral or request, or function of the Commission, including the making of submissions, the lodging of reports or other documents, consultations, meetings or other procedures,
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and a fee as so determined shall be payable to the Commission by any person concerned as appropriate.
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(2) The Commission may, subject to the approval of the Minister, provide for the payment of different fees in relation to different classes or descriptions of matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1), for exemption from the payment of such fees in specified circumstances and for the waiver, remission or refund in whole or in part of such fees in specified circumstances.
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(3) The Commission shall review the fees determined under subsection (1) from time to time, but at least every three years, having regard to any change in the consumer price index since the determination of the fees for the time being in force, and may amend the fees to reflect the results of that review without the Minister’s approval under subsection (1).
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(4) Where the Commission determines or amends fees in accordance with this section, it shall—
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(a) give notice of the fees in one or more than one national newspaper not less than 8 weeks before the fees come into effect, and
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(b) make a statement of the fees available for inspection at the offices of the Commission and publish the statement of the fees on the Commission’s website.
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(5) The Commission shall specify fees for the making of copies of any document required to be made available by it to the public, which shall not exceed the cost of making the copies.
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(6) For the purposes of this section, “change in the consumer price index” means the difference between the All Items Consumer Price Index Number last published by the Central Statistics Office before the date of the determination under this section and the said Number last published before the date of the review under subsection (3), expressed as a percentage of the last-mentioned Number.
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