Question
(UPT p 42-43)
THE CHAIR: Thank you. In ACAT’s submission they noted that there would be less disputes if the scale of allowable fee is set by an independent body. And I just wanted to know whether this is feasible and whether it is something that could be considered.
Ms Cheyne: You said the scale of the—
THE CHAIR: Allowed fees is set by an independent body. That is on, I think, page 2 of their submission.
Ms Cheyne: Okay, I will just—are they talking about fees for applications to ACAT, or fees within units?
THE CHAIR: So it is fees for application to ACAT, so the court fees is what they were referring to.
Ms Cheyne: Okay, because I think there was a separate question about fairness of fees that are decided—
THE CHAIR: Outside of ACAT, yes, yes.
Ms Cheyne: Yes, for owners’ corporations to pay. I am pretty sure that the fees are set by a disallowable instrument that I may have signed recently. Mr Rattenbury knows what it is like with the many DIs that we have got. Whether it is independently set, I think usually we have got some pretty clear guidelines to government about the indexation that we are applying to fees so I would need to have a look at that submission in more detail, unless someone can help me.