Australian Capital Territory
Co-operatives National Law (ACT) (Fees) Determination 2018 
Disallowable instrument DI2018-143
made under the 
Cooperatives National Law (ACT) Act 2017, schedule 1 (Modifications – Co-operatives National Law)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Minister has power to determine fees for the purposes of this Act.

The Co-operatives National Law (ACT) Act 2017 adopts the Co-operatives National Law
(CNL), which is contained in an appendix to the New South Wales Co-operatives (Adoption of
National Law) Act 2012.

The Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (No 3) amended the Cooperatives National Law (ACT) Act so that fees are determined by disallowable instrument rather than being prescribed by local regulations. A consequential amendment was made to repeal schedule 1 of the Co-operatives National Law (ACT) Regulation 2017, which contained a schedule of prescribed fees for the Co-operatives National Law (ACT) Act.

This determination replaces schedule 1 of the Regulation. These modifications align with normal ACT Government practice, allow for greater administrative efficiency and make it easier to locate the source of authority for the fees.

Fees in the 2018-19 Financial Year have been generally increased from fees in the previous Financial Year by an indexation of 4% and rounded to an appropriate value.

Item numbers, included in the schedule, column 2, enable the comparison of past fees set under the Act with those set by this instrument.

The instrument contains further explanatory notes about the fee for various items in the past Financial Year.