Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts8. Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsections:
“(2) The determined fee in respect of the laying of an information under subsection (1) is not payable where the information is laid by—
(a) the Director of Public Prosecutions; or
(b) a police officer;
acting in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function.
“(3) The determined fee in respect of the laying of an information under subsection (1) is not payable in respect of an offence under subsection 255 (1).
“(4) Where—
(a) an information is laid in circumstances in which, under subsection (2) or (3) or section 245A, no fee is paid by the informant; and
(b) the defendant is convicted of the alleged offence and is ordered to pay a fine;
the Court shall order the defendant to pay by way of costs, in addition to the amount of the fine and any other costs, an amount equal to the amount that would have been payable on the laying of an information but for subsection (2) or (3) or section 245A.”.