Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Act 2024 (Cth)

Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Act 2024

No. 101, 2024

An Act to authorise Commonwealth entities to charge and collect payment surcharges, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Simplified outline of this Act 4 Definitions 5 Commonwealth entities may charge and collect payment surcharges 6 Refunds 7 Commonwealth payment surcharging policies

Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Act 2024 No. 101, 2024

An Act to authorise Commonwealth entities to charge and collect payment surcharges, and for related purposes

[Assented to 2 December 2024]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act is the Commonwealth Entities (Payment Surcharges) Act 2024.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this Act The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3 December 2024

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Simplified outline of this Act This Act authorises Commonwealth entities to charge and collect payment surcharges.

4 Definitions In this Act: accountable authority: (a) of a Commonwealth entity other than the High Court—has the meaning given by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or (b) of the High Court—means the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar of the High Court. Commonwealth entity has the meaning given by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (disregarding subsection 10(2) of that Act). Commonwealth payment surcharging policies has the meaning given by subsection 7(3). payment surcharge, in relation to a payment, means: (a) an amount charged, in addition to the amount of the payment, for processing the payment; or (b) an amount (however described) charged for one payment method rather than another being used to make the payment. surchargeable payment: a payment is a surchargeable payment if a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory gives a Commonwealth entity the power, function or duty of charging or collecting a payment surcharge in relation to the payment.