144Payment of licence fees for shellfish harvesting, cultivating of shellfish, cultivating of spat or operation of depuration plant

144 Payment of licence fees for shellfish harvesting, cultivating of shellfish, cultivating of spat or operation of depuration plant

144 Payment of licence fees for shellfish harvesting, cultivating of shellfish, cultivating of spat or operation of depuration plant

(1) The holder of a licence that authorises the harvesting of shellfish, cultivating of shellfish, cultivating of spat or the operation of a depuration plant must pay a licence fee each year to the Food Authority.

(2) The amount of the licence fee is the fee determined by the Food Authority or the fee calculated on the basis determined by the Food Authority.

(3) The Food Authority may determine a fee, or a basis for calculating a fee, for subsection (2) that applies—

(a) generally or is limited in application by reference to specified exceptions or factors, or

(b) differently according to different factors of a specified kind.

(4) Without limiting subsections (2) and (3), the Food Authority may increase a fee payable under this section annually in accordance with the annual percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index (All Groups Index) for Sydney published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

(5) The licence fee payable under this section is in addition to another licence fee or levy payable by the holder under this part.