NORFOLK  ISLAND

 

 

FEES ACT 1976

 

Act No. 3 of 1976

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 1. Short title

 2. Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1963

 3. Amendments of Acts

 4. Citation of amended Acts

  Schedule 1

  Schedule 2

 

 

NORFOLK  ISLAND

 

Fees Act 1976

Act No. 3 of 1976

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To amend certain Acts to provide for the imposition and variation of certain fees

 

Dated this twenty-seventh day of May, 1976.

John R. Kerr

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

R.G. Withers

Minister of State for Administrative Affairs

 

 1. This Act may be cited as the Fees Act 1976.

 2. The Fifth Schedule to the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1963 is repealed and the following Schedule substituted

 

Fifth Schedule

Subsection 51(7)

Fees

 

First Column

Item

Second Column

Matters

Third Column

Fees

1

 

 

Search in register and issue of copy of entry

$

1.00

2

Search in Register of Births and issue of extract from entry containing only the name, and date and place of birth, of person

0.50

3

Search in Register of Births and issue of extract from entry containing particulars in addition to name, and date and place of birth, of person

1.00

4

Search in register, other than  Register of Births, and issue of extract from entry

1.00

5

Where correct particulars of entry not stated in application, additional fee for searching for and identifying correct entry

0.50

 

 3. The Acts specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 are amended as respectively specified in column 2 of that Schedule.

 4. The Acts specified in column 1 of Schedule 2, as amended by this Act, may be cited as respectively specified in column 2 of that Schedule.

 

Section 3

 

Acts amended

Column 2

Amendments

Auctioneers Act 1926-1964

Section 17

Omit from subsection (1) “five pounds”, substitute “$20”.

Section 18

Omit from subsection (4) “Seven shillings”, substitute “$3”.

Birds Protection Act 1913-1964

Section 9

Omit “Five shillings”, substitute “$2”.

Brands and Marks Act 1949-1964

Section 5

Omit from subsection (2) “sixpence”, substitute “$2”.

Crown Lands Act 1913-1975

Section 5

Omit “one pound ten shillings”, substitute “$10”.

Dogs Registration Act 1936

Section 9

Omit from paragraph (a) “Five shillings”, substitute “$1”.

Omit from paragraph (b) “Seven shillings and sixpence”, substitute “$1.50”.

Fencing Act 1913-1964

Section 5

Omit “Two shillings”, substitute “$5”.

Gun Licence Act 1958-1964

Section 5

Omit from subsection (5) “Two shillings and sixpence”,  substitute “$2.50”.

Liquor Act 1960-1973

Section 12

Omit from subsection (7) “Four dollars”, substitue “$5”.

Section 18

Omit from subsection (3) “Twenty dollars” (wherever occurring), substitute “$30”.

Acts amended

Column 2

Amendments

Mercantile Law Act 1959-1964

Section 7

Add the following subsection

“(2)  The fee for the registration of a Bill of Sale under this Act is $10.”.

Section 9

Add the following subsection 

“(5)  The fee for the renewal of the registration of a Bill of Sale under this Act is $5.”.

Section 10

Omit from subsection (1) “Ten shillings”, substitute “$5”.

Section 14

Add the following subsection 

“(3)  The fee for the registratio of a lien on a crop under this Act is $10.”.

Section 23

Omit from subsection (1) “Two shillings and sixpence”, substitute “$1”.

Motor Vehicle Act 1929-1973

Section 6

Omit from subsection (1) “Two dollars”, substitute “$5”.

Section 7

Omit from subsection (3B) “One dollar”, substitute “$2”.

Omit from subsection (3B) “fifty cents”, substitute “$1”.

Section 8B

Omit from subsection (3) “Fifty cents”, substitute “$1”.

Section 21A

Omit from subsection (4) “One dollar and twenty-five cents”, substitute “$5”.

Powers of Attorney Act 1959

Section 9

Omit from subsection (2) “One pound”, substitute “$5”.

Add the following subsection

“(6)  The fee for an endorsement by the Registrar on the further copy of an instrument deposited with him under paragraph (4)(b) is 50 cents.”.

Section 12

Omit “Five shillings”, substitute $1”.


Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1963

Section 22

Omit from subsection (1) “Five shillings”, substitute “$2”,

Section 57

Omit from subsection (4) “Ten shillings”, substitute “$5”.

Omit from subsection (7) “Two shillings and sixpence”, substitute “$2”.

Registration of Bulls Act 1937-1964

Section 4

Omit from subsection (5) “Five shillings”, substitute “$2”.

Add the following subsection

“(9)  The fee payable for the transfer of a certificate of  registration shall be $1.”.

Registration of Dentists Act 1931

Section 5

Omit “One pound”, substitute “$5”.

Sale of Food Act 1950-1969

Section 5

Omit from subsection (4) “One dollar”, substitute “$10”.

Omit from subsection (4) “Twenty cents”, substitute “$5”.

Omit from subsection (5) “Fifty cents”, substitute “$5”.

Slaughtering Act 1913-1964

Section 5

Omit “two pounds”, substitute “$10”.

Section 10A

Add the following subsection

“(3)  A fee of 50 cents is payable in respect of each head of stock examined by an Inspector under subsection (1).”.

Surveys Act 1937

Section 4

Add the following subsection

“(3) A fee of $10 is payable in respect of the grant of an authorisation under subsection (1).”.

Timber Licences Act 1913-1966

Section 3

Omit from subsection (2) “Seventy-five cents”, substitute “$2”.

Section 14A

Omit from subsection (3) “Twenty-five cents”, substitute “$2”.

 


Section 4

Acts amended

Column 2

Citation of Acts as amended

Auctioneers Act 1926-1964

Auctioneers Act 1926-1976

Birds Protection Act 1913-1964

Birds Protection Act 1913-1976

Brands and Marks Act 1949-1964

Brands and Marks Act 1949-1976

Crown Lands Act 1913-1975

Crown Lands Act 1913-1976

Dogs Registration Act 1936

Dogs Registration Act 1936-1976

Fencing act 1913-1964

Fencing Act 1913-1976

Gun Licence Act 1958-1964

Gun Licence Act 1958-1976

Liquor Act 1960-1973

Liquor Act 1960-1976

Mercantile Law Act 1959-1964

Mercantile Law Act 1959-1976

Motor Vehicle Act 1929-1973

Motor Vehicle Act 1929-1976

Powers of Attorney Act 1959

Powers of Attorney Act 1959-1976

Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1963

Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1963-1976

Registration of Bulls Act 1937-1964

Registration of Bulls Act 1937-1976

Registration of Dentists Act 1931

Registration of Dentists Act 1931-1976

Sale of Food Act 1950-1969

Sale of Food Act 1950-1976

Slaughtering Act 1913-1964

Slaughtering Act 1913-1976

Surveys Act 1937

Surveys Act 1937-1976

Timber Licences Act 1913-1966

Timber Licences Act 1913-1976

 

Notified in the Norfolk Island Government Gazette on 31 May 1976.

 

 

 

 

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