Fees and Arrangements (Personal Property Securities) Determination 2011

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Personal Property Securities (Fees) Determination 2011.

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

In this Determination:

Act means the Personal Property Securities Act 2009.

contact centre means the place at which the Commonwealth, on the request of a person, submits applications under the Act in an electronic form on behalf of the person.

Note Several other words and expressions used in this Determination have the meaning given by section 10 of the Act, for example:

 collateral

 financing change statement

 financing statement

 grantor

 registration time

 serial number

 verification statement.

Part 2 Fees

4 Registration and search fees

(1) For subsection 190 (1) of the Act, the fee for a matter listed in an item of the table in this section:

(a) is as listed in column 3 of the item; or

(b) if subsection (2) applies in relation to the matter — is the contact centre fee listed in column 4 of the item.

(2) For paragraph (1) (b), the contact centre fee will apply in relation to a matter if:

(a) a person who makes an application under item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14 or 16 of the table requests the contact centre to submit the application in an electronic form on the person’s behalf; or

(b) for item 8 of the table — a person requests the contact centre to attach a document using an electronic method, to an application mentioned in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 of the table, on the person’s behalf.

Item	Matter	Fee ($)	Contact centre fee ($)
1	To apply under subsection 150 (1) of the Act to register a financing statement that has no end time	130.00	144.80
2	To apply under subsection 150 (1) of the Act to register a financing statement with an end time of up to the end of the day 7 years after the registration time	7.40	22.20
3	To apply under subsection 150 (1) of the Act to register a financing statement with an end time of: (a) more than the end of the day 7 years after the registration time; and (b) up to the end of the day 25 years after the registration time	37.00	51.80
4	To apply under subsection 150 (2) of the Act to register a financing change statement that amends a financing statement that has no end time to include an additional grantor	130.00	144.80
5	To apply under subsection 150 (2) of the Act to register a financing change statement that amends a financing statement that has an end time of up to the end of the day 7 years after the registration time to: (a) extend the end date; or (b) include an additional grantor.	7.40	22.20
6	To apply under subsection 150 (2) of the Act to register a financing change statement that amends a financing statement that has an end time of: (a) more than the end of the day 7 years after the registration time; and	37.00	51.80
	(b) before the end of the day 25 years after the registration time
7	To apply under subsection 150 (2) of the Act to register a financing change statement that amends a financing statement if the amendment does not extend the end date or include an additional grantor	3.70	11.60
8	To attach, in an application mentioned in any of items 1 to 7, a document to a financing statement or a financing change statement	3.70	11.60
9	To apply under subsection 170 (1) of the Act to search the register using a grantor’s details	3.70
10	To apply under subsection 170 (1) of the Act to search the register using the serial number by which collateral has been described	3.70
11	To apply under subsection 170 (1) of the Act to search the register using the unique identifier allocated to a registered financing statement	3.70
12	To apply under subsection 170 (1) of the Act to search the register using the unique identifiers allocated to two registered financing statements	3.70	11.60
13	To apply under subsection 170 (1) of the Act to search the register using an earlier nominated time as the search criteria	11.60
14	To request, in an application under subsection 170 (1) of the Act, for written search results in relation to a previously conducted search of the Register by the applicant	3.70	11.60
15	To request, in an application under subsection 170 (1) of the Act, the data related to the search	29.50
16	To apply under paragraph 175 (b) of the Act for a copy of a verification statement	3.70	11.60
17	To apply under subsection 176 (1) of the Act for a report mentioned in item 1 of the table in section 4 of the Personal Property Securities (Reports) Determination 2011	30.00

5 Reports by the Registrar

For subsection 190 (1) of the Act, the fee to apply under subsection 176 (1) of the Act to obtain a report mentioned in item 2 of the table in section 4 of the Personal Property Securities (Reports) Determination 2011, is calculated at the rate of $200 for each hour, or part of an hour, of preparation of the report.

6 Remitting fees

Despite sections 4 and 5, the Registrar may remit, in whole or in part, the fees payable by the Commonwealth, or a State or Territory government.

Part 3 Arrangements

7 Arrangement for monthly payment in arrears

(1) For subsection 190 (4) of the Act, an arrangement is that fees for transactions conducted with the registry by a person during a month are payable in arrears on the receipt by the person of the statement of summary of transactions, entitled PPSR statement/invoice, for the fees.

(2) The Registrar may, for fees payable under the arrangement, approve an amount that may be incurred under the arrangement.

8 Arrangement for payment for reports

For subsection 190 (4) of the Act, an arrangement is that the fee to obtain the report mentioned in section 5 is payable on the receipt by the applicant of an invoice for the fee.