Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012

The responsible Minister for a participating jurisdiction may—

refer a matter relevant to that jurisdiction to the Regulator for action under this Law; or

ask the Regulator for information about the exercise of the Regulator’s functions under this Law as applied in that jurisdiction.

However, the Minister can not—

refer a matter to the Regulator under subsection (1)(a) that may require the Regulator to take action that is inconsistent with—

a direction given by the responsible Ministers under section 651; or

the approved guidelines; or

direct the Regulator to take or not to take particular action in relation to a matter referred to the Regulator under subsection (1)(a); or

otherwise influence the exercise of the Regulator’s functions under this Law.

The Regulator may charge a fee for dealing with a referral or request made under subsection (1).

A fee charged by the Regulator under subsection (3) must be an amount—

the Regulator considers reasonable; and

that is no more than the reasonable cost of dealing with the referral or request.

Section 740(2) to (4) do not apply to a fee charged by the Regulator under subsection (3).