Housing Legislation (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2021

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Housing Legislation (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2021.

2Commencement

This regulation commences on 1 July 2021.

3Regulation amended

This part amends the Housing Regulation 2015.

4Replacement of sch 1 (Fees)

Schedule 1—
omit, insert—

Schedule 1 Fees

section 32(1)

Part 1 Applications and consents

		$
1	Fee for an application for a loan (Act, s 101(2)(b))—
	(a)  for building residential premises	914.00
	(b)  for buying existing residential premises	789.25
	(c)  for carrying out building and related works for existing residential premises	789.25
2	Fee for consent to a transfer, between the parties to a section contract or a mortgage, of an interest in the contract or mortgage (Act, s 101(2)(b))	337.15

Part 2 Contracts register

		$
3	Fee for lodging a registrable document under part 3 (Act, s 101(2)(b))—
	(a)  for the first document relating to a section contract that is lodged	146.45
	(b)  for each additional document relating to the section contract that is lodged at the same time as the document mentioned in paragraph (a)	33.50
4	Fee for searching each of the following (s 24(1))—
	(a)  the contracts register	16.65
	(b)  a document mentioned in section 24(1)(a)(ii) or (iii)	16.65
	(c)  information kept under section 22	16.65
5	Fee for a copy of the particulars, a document or the information mentioned in section 24(1)(a) (s 24(1))	16.65
6	Fee for a certified copy of the particulars, a document or the information mentioned in section 24(1)(a) (s 24(1))	33.50
7	Fee for sending a person a copy of the particulars, a document or the information mentioned in section 24(1)(a) by post, email or other electronic means (s 24(1))	13.15
8	Fee for a requisition for a document lodged with the chief executive (s 26(6)(b))	41.95

Part 3 Other fees

		$
9	Administration fee if a payment is required under the Act (including a payment mentioned in an instrument made under the Act) and a financial institution dishonours the payment (Act, s 101(2)(b))	18.90
10	Fee for the chief executive paying an insurance premium on behalf of a borrower or purchaser under a section contract or a mortgage (Act, s 101(2)(b))	46.20
11	Fee payable by a person for requesting the chief executive to produce a document to another person (Act, s 101(2)(b))	97.45

5Regulation amended

This part amends the Residential Services (Accreditation) Regulation 2018.

6Replacement of sch 1 (Fees)

Schedule 1—
omit, insert—

Schedule 1 Fees

section 12

		$
1	Application for registration of a residential service (Act, s 10(2)(e)(i))	339.90
2	Application for accreditation of a residential service (Act, s 47(2)(d))—for each person who is a resident in the residential service when the application is made	33.95
3	Application for renewal of accreditation of a residential service (Act, s 50(3)(d))—for each person who is a resident in the residential service when the application is made	33.95
4	Application for amendment of accreditation of a residential service (Act, s 53(2))—for each person who is a resident in the residential service when the application is made	12.05
5	Application for replacement accreditation certificate (Act, s 60(2))	42.95
6	Application for registration as the service provider for a registered service (Act, s 61(2)(f)(i))	173.40
7	Application for amendment of registration of registered service (Act, s 64(2)(e))	256.60
8	Inspection of the register of undertakings (Act, s 152(2))	nil
9	Inspection of the register of residential services (Act, s 179(6)(a))	nil
10	Obtaining a certificate stating information shown in the register of residential services (Act, s 179(6)(b))	23.60

7Regulation amended

This part amends the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Regulation 2009.

8Amendment of sch 6 (Fees)

Schedule 6, ‘$936.80’—
omit, insert—

$952.70

9Regulation amended

This part amends the Retirement Villages Regulation 2018.

10Replacement of sch 6 (Fees)

Schedule 6—
omit, insert—

Schedule 6 Fees

section 17(1)

		$
1	Application for registration of a retirement village scheme (Act, s 27(2)(c))	2,471.85
2	Inspecting the register for retirement village schemes (Act, s 35(4)(a))	22.05
3	Taking an extract from, or obtaining a copy of details in, the register for retirement village schemes (Act, s 35(4)(b))—
	(a)  for a certified copy of the extract or of the details—
	(i)  for the first page	24.20
	(ii)  for each additional page	1.65
	(b)  for an uncertified copy of the extract or of the details—for each page	1.65
4	Inspecting, or taking a copy of the scheme operator’s copy, of either of the following (Act, s 85(3)(c))—
	(a)  a residence contract the resident and scheme operator have entered into	94.15
	(b)  a public information document relating to a residence contract mentioned in paragraph (a)	56.30