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Environmental Protection Regulation 2019
sec.156Fees and discounts made by resolution or local law
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### sec.156 Fees and discounts made by resolution or local law
This section applies if the administration and enforcement of the Act for a matter (the devolved matter ) has been devolved to a local government.
Subsection (3) applies if—
this chapter or schedule 15 prescribes a fee (the default fee ) payable to the administering authority for the devolved matter; and
the local government has made a resolution or local law prescribing a different fee (the local fee ) payable for the devolved matter, whether higher or lower than the default fee.
The local fee is payable for the devolved matter instead of the default fee.
Part 3 , division 2 does not apply to a fee payable to the local government unless the local government makes a resolution or local law stating that part 3 , division 2 applies to the fee.
The local government can not make a resolution or local law to change the aggregate environmental score for the devolved matter.
(sec.156-ssec.1) This section applies if the administration and enforcement of the Act for a matter (the devolved matter ) has been devolved to a local government.
(sec.156-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if— this chapter or schedule 15 prescribes a fee (the default fee ) payable to the administering authority for the devolved matter; and the local government has made a resolution or local law prescribing a different fee (the local fee ) payable for the devolved matter, whether higher or lower than the default fee.
(sec.156-ssec.3) The local fee is payable for the devolved matter instead of the default fee.
(sec.156-ssec.4) Part 3 , division 2 does not apply to a fee payable to the local government unless the local government makes a resolution or local law stating that part 3 , division 2 applies to the fee.
(sec.156-ssec.5) The local government can not make a resolution or local law to change the aggregate environmental score for the devolved matter.
- (a) this chapter or schedule 15 prescribes a fee (the default fee ) payable to the administering authority for the devolved matter; and
- (b) the local government has made a resolution or local law prescribing a different fee (the local fee ) payable for the devolved matter, whether higher or lower than the default fee.