Commentary on Sections Supplementary Section 57 - Fees
265.This section provides for regulations to set the fees that may be charged by the Regulator (subsection (1)).  The Regulations may provide for the registrar of companies to collect fees on behalf of the Regulator, so that only a single payment would need to be made in respect of matters that involve both the Regulator and the registrar (subsection (2)).  An example would be the formation of a company as a CIC, where the Regulator applies the community interest test and the registrar of companies registers the company.  In addition, the section enables the Regulator to charge fees (without the need for regulations) for providing services which he is not legally required to provide (subsection (3)).  However, the Regulator cannot use the power under subsection (3) to charge fees for the provision of guidance of general interest.