Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006

Fees.

21.— (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may by order fix the fees to be charged by the Authority for its services and may revoke or amend any such order, including an order under this subsection.

(2) The fees shall not be fixed at a level calculated to produce an annual amount which is less than that sufficient to discharge the salaries, remuneration and other expenses payable under and incidental to the working of this Act and the Act of 1964.

(3) Any provision of this Act or general rules requiring or authorising anything to be done or any document to be issued by the Authority is to be construed as requiring or authorising it to be done or the document to be so issued on payment of the prescribed fee.

(4) Fees payable under this section shall be collected and taken in such manner as the Minister for Finance may from time to time direct and be paid into and disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of that Minister.

(5) The Public Offices Fees Act 1879 does not apply to fees payable under this section.