{"id":"F2023L01724","name":"Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management (Application Fees Indexation Freeze) Determination 2023","slug":"ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-application-fees-indexation-freeze-determin","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442223,"registerId":"F2023L01724-fast-fetch-1775957281519","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management (Application Fees Indexation Freeze) Determination 2023","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nOzone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management (Application Fees Indexation Freeze) Determination 2023\n\nI, Kate Elliott, delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following determination.\n\nDated 15 December   2023\n\n \n\nKate Elliott\n\nBranch Head\n\nWildlife, Waste and Environmental Permits\n\nDepartment of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Certain Part 6A application fees—indexation freeze\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management (Application Fees Indexation Freeze) Determination 2023.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument 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.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 21 December 2023\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 346(2A) of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nRegulations means the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995.\n\n5  Certain Part 6A application fees—indexation freeze\n\n  For the purposes of subregulation 346(2A) of the Regulations, subregulation 346(2) of the Regulations does not apply in relation to the 2023 calendar year.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument narrows the operation of subregulation 346(2) by disapplying it for the 2023 calendar year (s5), effectively freezing indexation for specified Part 6A application fees for that year. It does not amend fee amounts in Regulations or alter permit or compliance requirements; it only suspends the automatic indexation mechanism for 2023 (s5)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, time‑limited change confined to the 2023 calendar year (s5).","Effect depends on a delegated power exercise under subreg 346(2A) (s3), not primary legislation.","Instrument cross‑references the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations for which fees are affected, requiring consultation of those Regulations to identify exact fees (s4, s5).","Commencement tied to registration timing rather than a fixed date (s2), which matters for administrative implementation.","Change affects financial flows (fee income and payer cost) without altering substantive permitting rules, so impacts are fiscal and administrative rather than regulatory-substantive."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination stops the automatic indexation of certain Part 6A application fees under the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations for the 2023 calendar year (s5). It keeps those fees at their pre‑2023 levels rather than increasing them. The instrument was made by a ministerial delegate under subreg 346(2A) (s3) and commenced the day after registration (s2). Applicants paying Part 6A fees therefore pay unchanged amounts in 2023; the government does not apply the indexed increases for that year (s5)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function its title suggests—freezing fee indexation for one year. There is no scope creep; it does not expand beyond the specific fee-setting authority in the enabling regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 sections, spanning less than 2 pages","Single operative provision (section 5) with one straightforward condition","Only 1 defined term ('Regulations')","No cross-references beyond the enabling regulation","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Purpose is singular and explicit: freeze indexation for one calendar year"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination freezes 2023 application fees for permits to import, export or manufacture ozone-depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases at their 2022 levels, suspending the usual annual inflation indexation for one year. It affects businesses in refrigeration, air‑conditioning and industrial gas sectors who pay those Part 6A fees, offering temporary cost certainty."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-application-fees-indexation-freeze-determin","history":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-application-fees-indexation-freeze-determin/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-application-fees-indexation-freeze-determin/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-application-fees-indexation-freeze-determin/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-application-fees-indexation-freeze-determin/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-application-fees-indexation-freeze-determin/documents"}}