210Prescribed fees for better environment plans

210 Prescribed fees for better environment plans

(1) For services provided by the Authority to advise or assist a person to prepare a proposed better environment plan for submission to the Authority under section 181 of the Act, the fee is 6·94 fee units plus GST for each hour of assistance provided.

Services may include any of the following—meeting with proponent(s) to discuss and agree on scope, objectives, participation, responsibilities, reporting requirements, and other matters of proposed better environment plans; reviewing draft better environment plans for assessment and comment prior to formal submission.

(2) A fee calculated under subregulation (1) must not exceed 593·72 fee units plus GST.

Reg. 210(3) substituted by S.R. No. 115/2023 reg. 27(1).

(3) For the purposes of section 181(3)(c) of the Act, the prescribed fee is 103·29 fee units.

Reg. 210(3A) inserted by S.R. No. 115/2023 reg. 27(1).

(3A) For the purposes of section 181A(1)(b) of the Act, a fee is payable in the prescribed circumstance that the Authority's assessment of a submission under section 181 of the Act exceeds 14·9 hours.

Reg. 210(3B) inserted by S.R. No. 115/2023 reg. 27(1).

(3B) For the purposes of section 181A(2) of the Act, the fee payable under subregulation (3A) is calculated by multiplying 6·94 fee units by the number of hours (or part of an hour) of the assessment exceeding 14·9 hours.

Reg. 210(4) amended by S.R. No. 115/2023 reg. 27(2).

(4) The total fee calculated under subregulations (3) and (3B) must not exceed 593·72 fee units.

(5) In this regulation—

GST has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth.