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Version of section 204 from 2019-10-30 to 2022-10-02:


Marginal note:Refund of final fee

 If a category 3 application is deemed to be abandoned under paragraph 73(1)(f) of the Act, as it read immediately before the coming-into-force date, and is subsequently reinstated,

  • (a) the Commissioner must refund the final fee paid in respect of that application if a request for a refund of the fee is received not later than one month after the date of the reinstatement of the application; and

  • (b) if the final fee paid in respect of that application has not been refunded, despite subsections 86(1), (6), (10) and (12), the Commissioner must not require payment of that fee in any notice of allowance sent after the reinstatement of the application.


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