Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts(1) If the rules specify the time when a cost-recovery charge (the basic charge ) is due and payable, the rules may also specify a fee (a late payment fee ) that is due and payable if the basic charge is not paid at or before that time.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a late payment fee may relate to each day or part of a day that the basic charge remains unpaid after becoming due and payable.
(3) The rules may prescribe one or more persons who are liable to pay a late payment fee in relation to a cost-recovery charge referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of cost-recovery charge in subsection 5(1).