(1) The regulations may prescribe the fees to be paid for the purposes of this Act and may prescribe different fees in respect of the doing of an act according to the time when the act is done.
(2) Prescribed fees are payable in accordance with the regulations.
(3) If a fee is payable in respect of the doing of an act by the Registrar or Comptroller, he or she shall not do the act until the fee has been paid.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), if—
(a) a fee is payable in respect of the doing of an act by a person other than the Registrar or the Comptroller; or
(b) a fee is payable in respect of the filing of a document,
the act is taken to have been done, or the document is taken to have been filed, in spite of the failure to pay the fee.
(5) If the Registrar or the Comptroller notifies the person concerned or his or her agent, in accordance with the regulations, that the fee has not been paid, the act is not taken to have been done, or the document is not taken to have been filed, before the day on which the fee is paid.