382Payment and recovery of fees

1. All prescribed fees must be paid in the first instance by the party on whose behalf any proceedings are taken.

2. Subject to subsection (4), no judicial officer or Registrar may do any act for which a prescribed fee is payable unless the fee is first paid.

3. No act referred to in subsection (2), if done without the prescribed fee being first paid, is invalid by reason only of the non-payment of the fee.

4. Except as provided in regulations made under this Act, no fee is payable by any of the following persons in respect of proceedings instituted by that person in the execution of his or her duty:

5. a constable:
6. a duly appointed officer or employee of the Crown or of any local authority or other statutory public body or board.

7. In default of the payment of any prescribed fees by the person by whom they are payable in the first instance, the amount is recoverable as a debt due to the Crown.

8. Repealed

9. Repealed