Fee must not amount to taxation?

[Danman132]

Would somebody with good interpretative skills be able to decider this statement for me. It's part of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

A fee prescribed under subsection (1) must not be such as to amount to taxation.

What does this mean?
Thanks

 

[Docupedia]

What they're basically saying is that the fee should be a cost recovery exercise only.

 

[Tim W]

Let's talk about what we are really talking about.

Is your iso bill from a state government (which one...?)
or from the Commonwealth ?

 

[Danman132]

What they're basically saying is that the fee should be a cost recovery exercise only.

Thanks very much!