Subdiv 1Works approvals

Subdivision 1—Works approvals 24—Works approvals—Application fee for grant, authorisation fee on grant or renewal and annual authorisation fee (1) The application fee payable under section 38(1) of the Act for a works approval is the sum of— (a) a lodgement fee of 10 fee units; and (b) an assessment fee of 20% of the amount determined by the Authority at the time of lodgement of the application to be the expected authorisation fee for the grant of the works approval (assuming the grant of a works approval on the basis of the application). (2) However, if public notice is to be given under section 39(1), or section 39(1) and (2), of the Act in respect of the application, the amount otherwise payable under subregulation (1) is increased by the amount determined by the Authority to be the cost of publication of the notice but not exceeding— (a) if the notice and other similar notices are to be published together by the Authority—5 fee units; or (b) in any other case—20 fee units. (3) The application fee for the renewal of a works approval payable under section 43(2) of the Act is 10 fee units. (4) The authorisation fee payable under section 40 or 43(5) of the Act, and the annual authorisation fee payable under section 48 of the Act, for a works approval is the number of fee units determined according to the estimated cost at the time of the grant of the works approval of the proposed works as follows:

Estimated cost of proposed works Up to and including $10 000 More than $10 000 but not more than $50 000 More than $50 000 but not more than $500 000 More than $500 000 but not more than $5 million More than $5 million but not more than $50 million More than $50 million (5) In this regulation, a reference to the estimated cost of proposed works is a reference to the amount estimated by the Authority to be the total cost of the works to which the approval relates excluding any part of the costs determined by the Authority to be attributable to— (a) the purchase of land; or (b) building or other work that will not contribute directly or substantially to the prescribed activity of environmental significance to which the application relates. An annual authorisation fee is only payable for a works approval granted or renewed for a term of 2 or more years (see section 48 of the Act).