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Miscellaneous Fees Amendment Act 1998


SAMOA


MISCELLANEOUS FEES AMENDMENT ACT 1998


Arrangement of Provisions


  1. Short title and commencement
  2. Credit Union Ordinance 1960
  3. Incorporated Societies Ordinance 1952
  4. Industrial Designs Act 1972
  5. Land and Titles Act 1981
  6. Patents Act 1972
  7. Trademarks Act 1972
  8. Companies Act 1955
  9. Business Licences Ordinance 1960
  10. Road Traffic Ordinance 1960
  11. Arms Ordinance 1960
  12. Gaming Act 1978
  13. Police Offences Ordinance 1961
  14. Customs Act 1977
  15. Lands and Titles Investigation Act 1966


MISCELLANEOUS FEES AMENDMENT ACT 1998

1998 No. 16


AN ACT to amend the fees payable to government in various Acts of Parliament.

[Assent and commencement date: 19 June 1998]


BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament assembled as follows—


1. Short title and commencement – (1) This Act may be cited as the Miscellaneous Fees Amendment Act 1998 and shall form part of and be read with the respective enactments that are amended by it.
(2) This Act comes into force on the date that it is assented to by the Head of State.
2. Credit Union Ordinance 1960 – Section 67 of the Credit Union Ordinance 1960 is amended by prescribing the following amended fees:


“For filing a Memorandum of Association $45.00

Fee for Certificate of Incorporation $45.00

Fee for filing Annual Return $30.00”


3. Incorporated Societies Ordinance 1952 – The Second Schedule to the Incorporated Societies Ordinance is repealed and replaced with the following:


“SECOND SCHEDULE

(Section 6(B))


TABLE OF FEES PAYABLE TO THE REGISTER


Fee on application for registration $45.00

Fee for certificate of incorporation $45.00

Fee for alteration of rules $24.00

Fee for certified copy of extract $24.00

(if the copy of extract exceeds 3

folios of 72 words each an additional

fee for each additional folio or part

thereof) $3.00

Fee for any other document

required to be registered $24.00

Fee for inspection of Register $12.00

Fee for inspection of any document $12.00.”


4. Industrial Designs Act 1972 – The Schedule to the Industrial Designs Act 1972 is repealed and replaced with the following:


SCHEDULE

(Section )9


FEES


Item No. Subject Amount

1 On application for

registration of an

industrial design

to be applied

to a single article $45.00


2 On application to

register one design

to be applied to

a set of articles $69.00


3 On first application

for renewal $45.00


4 On second application

for renewal $69.00


5 On request to record

assignment, transmission,

or licence contract - In

respect of one design $24.00

For each additional

design $ 6.00


6 On alteration of address,

or address for service –

In respect of one design $ 9.00

For each additional

design $ 3.00


7 On application

for cancellation $ 9.00


8 Duplicate certificate

of registration $ 9.00


9 On application

for annulment $69.00


10 On appeal to the

Supreme Court

against decision of

the Registrar $45.00


11 For typewritten

or photographic

copy of design or

document Reasonable cost.”


5. Land and Titles Act 1981 – The First Schedule to the Land and Titles Act 1981 is repealed and replaced with the following:


“ FIRST SCHEDULE

(Sections 9(2), 15, 17, 68, and 91)


ITEM ACTION FOR WHICH FEE PAYBLE AMOUNT


1 Filing petition, to include of summons

and services $40.00


2 Hearing (including sealed copy of decision

to each party) $20.00


  1. Each additional copy of decision $5.00 plus .60 sene per

page


4 Application for leave to appeal, to include

order thereon and service of notice

to parties $200.00


5 Each single search, per file $5.00


6 Each general search, per file $20.00


7 Survey as ordered by the Court


8 Application for pulefaamau, or intention to

appoint, to include publication in Savaii and

petition to confirm $100.00


9 Hearing on confirmation of pulefaamau (no

objection having been lodged) $60.00


10 Survey unless certified for greater or lesser

amount by the President $150.00


11 Objection to Pulefaamau $70.00


  1. Release of Court

proceedings, per file $20.00 plus

60 sene per page


13 Priority Hearing Fee (in addition

to item 2) $300.00


14 Adjournment Fee $500.00


15 Registration and Publication

of Matai Titles $40.00


16 Certificate of confirmation of

Matai Title $20.00


17 Interim Orders by Registrar

and President $50.00”


6. Patents Act 1972 – The Sixth Schedule to the Patents Act 1972 is repealed and replaced with the following:


SIXTH SCHEDULE

(Section 15)


On filing application and specification for

patent or registration of overseas patent $180.00


Fee to the Attorney-General for provisional

certificate of protection $450.00


On obtaining letter patent $225.00


On lodging objections $90.00


Every search and inspection $27.00


Registration of assignments

of letters of patent $135.00


Certificate of registration

issued under section 9 $225.00

Copy of extract of documents

and drawings Reasonable cost fixed by Registrar

On filing application and specification

for registration of a New Zealand patent

issued prior to 1 January 1962 and for

certificate of registration thereon issued

under section 9 in lieu of the filing

and certificate fees above $45.00


On filing application and specification

for registration of a New Zealand patent

issued prior to the commencement of this

Act and subsequent to 1 January 1962 and

for certificate of registration thereon issued

under section 9 in lieu of the filing and

certificate fees above $225.00”
7. Trademarks Act 1972 – The Second Schedule to the Trademarks Act 1972 is repealed and replaced with the following:


SECOND SCHEDULE

(Section 24: Proviso)


LIST OF FEES PAYABLE


On application to register a

trade mark or renewal of a

trade mark $180.00


On application to register a

series of trade marks under

section 12 of this Act or a

renewal thereof:

For the first trade mark $180.00

For every other trade mark

in the series $60.00


On application for a certificate

of registration under section 16 of

this Act $180.00


On application for a certificate

of registration under section 16

of this Act of any New Zealand

trade mark registered prior to

1 January 1962 provided application

is made within one year of the

commencement of this Act $45.00


On renewal of registration of

an overseas trade mark $90.00


On filing an appeal under

section 17 of this Act $90.00


On application to register an

assignment or transmission $45.00


For a search under section 4 (3) $18.00


For a certified copy of

any entry in the register $18.00


For typed or photographic

copy of documents Reasonable Cost fixed

by Registrar”.


8. Companies Act 1955 – The First Schedule to the Companies Act 1955 is repealed and replaced with the following:


FIRST SCHEDULE

(Sections 8, 379, 470)


TABLE OF FEES TO BE PAID TO THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES


(i) Fees Payable on Registration or on Increase of Capital by a Company Having a Share Capital:


For registration of a company

whose nominal share capital

does exceed $4,000 $126.00

For registration of a company

whose nominal share capital

exceeds $4,000:

The above fee of $126.00 with the following

additional fees, regulated according to the amount

of nominal share capital, that is to say:


For every $2,000 of nominal

Share capital, or part of

$2,000 after the first

$4,000 up to $10,000 $18.00


For every $2,000 of nominal

Share capital, or part of

$2,000 after the first

$10,000 up to $200,000.00 $4.50


For every $2,000 of nominal

Share capital, or part of

$2,000 after the first

$10,000 up to $200,000.00 $0.90


For registration of any increase of share made after the first registration of the company: The same fees per $2,000, or part of $2,000, as would have been payable if the increased share capital had formed part of the original capital as the time of registration:

Provided that no company shall be liable to pay in respect of nominal share capital, on registration or afterwards, any greater amount of fees than $900.00, taking into account, in the case of fees payable on an increase of share capital after registration, the fees paid on registration.


For registration of any existing company, except such companies as are by this Act exempted from payment of fees in respect of registration under this Act. The same fee as is charged for registering a new company.


(ii) Fees Payable on Registration or on Increase of Members by a Company not having a Share Capital:

For registration of a company

whose number of members

as stated in the articles does

not exceed 20 $126.00


For registration of a company

whose number of members as

stated in the articles exceeds

20, but does not exceeds 100 $216.00


For registration of a company

whose number of members as

stated in the articles exceeds

100 but is note stated to be

unlimited. The above fee of

$216.00 with an additional

$4.50 for every additional

50 members or less after the

first 100


For registration of a company

in which the number of members

is stated in the articles to be

unlimited $396.00


For registration of any

increase in the number of

members made after the

registration of the company,

in respect of every 50 members,

or less than 50 members, of

that increase $4.50


Provided that no company shall be liable to pay in the aggregate a greater fee than $500.00 in respect of its number of members, taking into account the fee paid on the first registration of the company.


For registration of any existing company, exceed such companies as are by this Act exempted from payment of fees in respect of registration under this Act. The same fee as in charged for registering a new company.


(iii) Miscellaneous Fees


For the first certificate of incorporation:


Where the company has a

nominal share capital

exceeding $10,000.00 $180.00


In every other case $108.00


For any certificate of

incorporation after the first $4.50


For recording any

alteration of the objects

of a company $18.00


For registering under

Part IV of this Act the

instrument creating or

evidencing any charge

required to be registered

thereunder to be registered

thereunder (to be computed

in the case of a series of

debentures as on one charge

for the total amount secured

by the whole series):


Where the amount of the

charge does not

exceed $400.00 $9.00

Where the amount

exceeds $400.00 or is

not specified $18.00


Where two or more

instruments create or

evidence a charge or

charges securing the

same moneys, for every

such instrument after the

first. $4.50

For a certificate of the

registration of any charge

under Part IV of this Act $4.50


For registering any

satisfaction or partial

satisfaction of a charge

or release or partial

release of property from

a charge under Part IV

of this Act $4.50


For a certificate of

the satisfaction or partial

satisfaction or release or

partial release of a charge

under Part IV of this Act $4.50


For re-registration of

a public company as a

private company $90.00


For re-registration of

a private company as a

public company $90.00


For registering any

document by this Act

required or authorised

to be registered or

required to be

delivered, sent, or

forwarded to the Registrar

and not otherwise charged,

delivered to the Registrar

by a receiver or manager

or the statement required

to be sent to the Registrar

by a liquidator $4.50


For making a record of

any fact by this Act

required or authorised to

be recorded by the

Registrar and not otherwise

Charged $4.50

For a certified copy of

or extract from any

document $4.50


For a copy or extract

from any document, over

and above the fee for

certifying the same, for

each folio of seventy-two

words, not exceeding $0.50


For every inspection

of any document $1.00


For every inspection of

five or more documents

relating to a single company $4.50”.


9. Business Licences Ordinance 1960 – The Business Licences Ordinance 1960 is amended as follows -

(a) by deleting from section 4(1) the words “of $200.00” and replacing them with the words “as prescribed”; and

(b) by deleting from section 14(2) the words “an amount of $15” and adding the words “the amount prescribed for late payment”, after words “in respect of each licence”; and

(c) by adding to section 22(2) the following sub-paragraph;


“(g) the fees payable for business licences issued under this Act”; and

(d) by deleting from paragraph (f) of section 22(2) the figure “$100” and replacing it with the figure “$2,000”; and

(e) by deleting from section 15(4) the words “in the Third Schedule”; and

(f) by deleting from the Third Schedule all references to the amounts of fees.”.


10. Road Traffic Ordinance 1960The First Schedule to the Road Traffic Ordinance 1960 is repealed and replaced with the following:


“FIRST SCHEDULE


ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION OF TYPE OF LICENCE


1 Vehicle Licence issued pursuant to section 9:

(a) for each goods vehicle, tractor, other than for tractors used exclusively in connection with the cultivation or farming of the owner’s plantation or farm and used on the road only in proceeding to or from a garage in connection with the servicing or repair of such tractor) and trailer.


Tare weight (tons) Registration Fee

less than 1 $300

exceeding 1 but not

exceeding 3 $300 plus $7.50 per cwt in excess of 1

ton


exceeding 3 but not

exceeding 5 $600 plus $15 per cwt in excess of 3 tons


exceeding 5 but not

exceeding 8 $1,200 plus $22.50 per cwt in excess of 5 tons

exceeding 8 $2,550 plus $30 per cwt in excess of 8 tons


(b) an additional fee in relation to a vehicle referred to in item (1)(a) for every 5 cwt net weight of the vehicle or part of every 5 cwt where the vehicles in total:


(i) 3 tons or less tare weight:


having an engine capacity up to

and including1500 cc $50 plus $21 per 5 cwt.


- having an engine capacity

from 1500 cc up to and

including 2000 cc $55 plus $23 per 5 cwt.


- having an engine capacity

from 2,000 cc up to and

including 3,000 cc $72 plus $28 per 5 cwt.


- having an engine capacity

over 3,000 cc $80 plus $32 per 5 cwt.


(ii) over 3 tons tare weight $80 + $35 (per 5cwt or part thereof)


(c) Public Service vehicles other than taxis:


The fee shall be the

same as is payable under

item (1)(a) and (b) plus

for each passenger the

vehicle is licensed to carry $6.00


(d) Taxi and rental vehicles:


(i) having an engine capacity

of up to and including

1500 cubic centimetres. $175.00


(ii) having an engine capacity from

1501cubic centimetres up to

and including 2000 cubic

centimetres. $195.00


(iii) having an engine capacity from

2001 cubic centimetres up to

and including 3000 cubic

centimetres. $240.00


(iv) having an engine capacity of

over 3000 cubic centimetres $260.00


(e) Private motor vehicles (other than motor cycles and rental vehicles):


(i) having an engine capacity

of up to and including

1500 cubic centimetres. $175.00


(ii) having an engine capacity

from 1501 cubic centimetres

up to and including 2000 cubic

centimetres. $195.00


(iii) having an engine capacity from

2001 cubic centimetres up to

and including 3000 cubic

centimetres. $240.00


(iv) having an engine capacity of

over 3000 cubic centimetres. $260.00


(f) Motor cycle (with or

without side car) $70.00


(g) Dealer’s licence issued

under section 19 $240.00


Where any licence mentioned in Item 1 (f) is issued for a number of months less than 12, the licence fee shall be the proportion of the appropriate fee above which the number of months covered by the licence bears to 12 months.


2. Driving Licence:

(a) on issue of driving

licence under section 29. $40.00


(b) on renewal of driving

licence for 1 year under

section 32 $40.00


(c) on endorsement of an

international driving

licence under section 27 $12.00


(d) for practical driving

test under section 30 $20.00


3. Vehicle licence on first

registration issued under

section 13 $80.00


4. Transfer of vehicle licence

under section 17 $80.00


5. Duplicate vehicle licence

liable under section 12 $20.00


6. Road service licences -

(a) application under section 59 in respect

of one route for a road service -

Heavy Public Service

Vehicle: $150.00

Light Public

Service Vehicle: $120.00


(b) road service licence issued under section

60 for each 6 monthly period -

Heavy Public Service

Vehicle: $150.00

Light Public Service

Vehicle: $120.00

(c) application fee under

section 66 for transfer

of road service licence $50.00


(d) application fee under

section 68 for temporary

road service licence for

every day for which the

licence is applied for $40.00


(e) application fee for variation

of road service licence $40.00


(f) rental fees for public stands,

bus stops parking places for

every vehicle under

section 73 $25.00


7. Learner’s permit issued under

section 28 $50.00


8. Duplicate driving licence issued

under section 32 $30.00


9. New driving licence without

endorsement issued under

section 35 $40.00


10. Registration plates issued

under section 13 for motor

cycles, other motor vehicles

or trailer $120.00


11. For the issue of an

international driving

licence $40.00”.


11. Arms Ordinance 1960 – The First Schedule to the Arms Ordinance is repealed and replaced with the following:


“FIRST SCHEDULE

(Sections 7(3), 9(2) and 12(2))


FEES FOR PERMITS, LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES etc


On the issue to any person other than a

dealer of a permit to bring a firearm

and ammunition therefor into Samoa for

each importation $50.00


On the issue of a permit to a dealer to

bring firearms and ammunition into

Samoa for multiple imports for each

year or part of a year $200.00


On the issue of a dealer’s licence under

section 3 of the Ordinance - in respect

of both firearms and ammunition for

each year or part of a year $200.00


In respect of ammunition only (for each

year or part of a year) $50.00


On the issue of a certificate of

registration (for each year or part of

a year) $20.00

On the renewal for one year of a

certificate of registration $20.00


On the issue of a permit for possession

under section 7 of the Ordinance for

each such permit $20.00


On the issue of a new certificate of

registration on the destruction, defacement,

or loss of a certificate $10.00


On the issue of a licence to retain an

unlawful weapon $20.00”


12. Gaming Act 1978 – The Gaming Act 1978 is amended by inserting section 27 as follows:


27. Fees for Lottery and Bingo Permits (1) The fee for a lottery or bingo permit issued under this Act shall be $200 per annum.

(2) The fee payable under this section shall be paid before the lottery or bingo is conducted or played.

(3) Despite sub-section (1), fees for particular lotteries or bingo operations may be prescribed by Regulation under this Act and such fees shall be paid in substitution of the fee payable under subsection (1)”.


13. Police Offences Ordinance 1961 – Section 18(3) of the Police Offences Ordinance 1961 is amended by deleting the figure “$10” and replacing it with the figure “$50”.


14. Customs Act 1977 – The Customs Act 1977 is amended as follows:

(a) by deleting the Second Schedule and replacing it with the following:


“SECOND SCHEDULE

(Section 87)

PART I


Annual licence fees for warehouses licensed for the warehousing of dutiable goods other than oils in vessels capable of containing 100 gallons or more:


CUBIC CONTENTS OF ANNUAL

WAREHOUSE FEE


Less than 200 tons $1000


more than 200 tons and less

than 300 tons $1250


more than 300 tons and less

than 400 tons $1500


more than 400 tons and less

than 500 tons $1750


more than 500 tons and less

than 600 tons $2000


more than 600 tons and less

than 700 tons $2250


more than 700 tons and less

than 800 tons $2500


more than 800 tons and less

than 900 tons $2750


more than 900 tons and less

than 1000 tons $3000


more than 1000 tons $3250


PART II


Annual licence fees for warehouses licensed for the warehousing of oils in vessels capable of containing 100 gallons or more:


CUBIC CONTENTS OF ANNUAL

WAREHOUSE FEE


Less than 200 tons $1000


more than 200 tons and less

than 300 tons $1250


more than 300 tons and less

than 400 tons $1500


more than 400 tons and less

than 500 tons $1750


more than 500 tons and less

than 600 tons $2000


more than 600 tons and less

than 700 tons $2250


more than 700 tons and less

than 800 tons $2500


more than 800 tons and less

than 900 tons $2750


more than 900 tons and less

than 1000 tons $3000


more than 1000 tons $3250


1. When any warehouse requires the entire services of an officer or officers of Customs, the annual licence fee for that warehouse shall, in lieu of the above amounts, be $1000 for each officer so required, and all questions as to the number of officers required and the time for which their services are required shall be determined from time to time by the Comptroller, whose determination shall be final.

2. When any warehouse is used for the storage of goods during a portion only of the year, of the services of an officer of Customs are required at what warehouse during a portion only of the year, the Comptroller may remit or refund a proportionate part of the licence fee otherwise payable, calculated in respect of the period during which the warehouse is not used or the services of that officer are not required”; and

(b) by deleting from section 87(2) (b) the amount “$900” and replacing it with “$1000”;

(c) by adding paragraph (i) to section 279 as follows:


“(i) prescribing fees to be paid in respect of the exercise of any power or function under this Act or consistent with this Act, including application fees applicable to requests made for the exercise of any such power or functions”.


15. Lands and Titles Investigation Act 1966 – The Schedule to the Land and Titles Investigation Act 1966 is repealed and replaced by the following:


“SCHEDULE

(Section 25)


Item Transaction Amount of

fee

1. Giving notice of

claim to Secretary

(to cover the cost

of public notice) $100.00


2 Hearing before

Commission (to

cover sealed copy

of Commission’s

order for each party) $15.00


3 Each additional

copy of order $5.00


4 Giving notice of

objection to Secretary $50.00”


REVISION NOTES 2008 – 2012


This Act has been revised under section 5 of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008.


There were no amendments made to this Act since the publication of the Consolidated and Revised Statutes of Samoa 2007.


This Act has been revised in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 by the Attorney General under the authority of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008 and is the official version of this Act as at 31 December 2011. It is an offence to publish this Act without approval or to make any unauthorised change to an electronic version of this Act.



Aumua Ming Leung Wai
Attorney General of Samoa


Revised in 2008 under the supervision of Teleiai Lalotoa Sinaalamaimaleula Mulitalo (Parliamentary Counsel).


Revised in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the Legislative Drafting Division under the supervision of Papalii Malietau Malietoa (Parliamentary Counsel).


Revised in 2012 by the Legislative Drafting Division.


The Miscellaneous Fees Amendment Act 1998 is
administered by the Ministry of Finance.



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