11Adjustment of fees and costs

11 Adjustment of fees and costs

11 Adjustment of fees and costs

(1) This section applies to each of the following amounts—

(a) the amount prescribed by section 4(1),

(b) the amount prescribed by section 6,

(c) the amount prescribed by section 7(a).

(2) An amount must be adjusted for increases or decreases in public sector wages on 1 September each year.

(3) The amount must be adjusted using the following formula—

where—

A is the Public Sector Wage Price Index number for the last quarter published before the end of the year.

B is the Public Sector Wage Price Index number for the last quarter published before the start of the year.

cost means—

(a) for the first time the amount is adjusted under this section—the amount referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c), or

(b) otherwise—the amount referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) as last adjusted under this section.

(4) If the adjusted amount is not a multiple of $1, the amount must be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1 and an amount of 50 cents must be rounded up.

(5) An adjustment is not required under this section for the year commencing on 1 September 2022.

(6) The EPA must, before 1 September each year, publish notice of the adjusted amount on the following websites—

(a) the NSW legislation website,

(b) the EPA’s website.

Editorial note.

For notices under this subsection see Contaminated Land Management (Adjusted Amounts) Notice 2025 (448).

(7) The EPA’s failure to publish a notice does not affect a person’s liability to pay the adjusted amount.

(8) In this section—

Public Sector Wage Price Index means the Wage Price Index (Public Sector) for New South Wales published by the Australian Statistician.