Section 68 - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 2) - Fees for assessment in respect of application for permission

68 Fees for assessment in respect of application for permission

(1) Subject to regulation 69, there is payable to the Authority, for an assessment under regulation 61 in respect of an application for a permission to carry on an activity of a commercial nature in the Marine Park that is an activity listed in column 2 in Table 68, the fee specified:

(a) if the application is for an initial permission — in column 3 of Table 68 for the activity; or

(b) if the application is for continuation of a permission — in column 4 of that table for the activity.

(2) If an activity is referred to in more than 1 item or sub-item in column 2 of Table 68, the fee payable is the higher or highest of the fees specified for the activity in column 3 or 4 of the table.

(3) In items 4 and 5 in Table 68:

public environment report means:

(a) a public environment report in accordance with Division 5 of Part 8 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 concerning the impact the relevant activity is likely to have on the Marine Park or the Great Barrier Reef; or

(b) if the Authority is satisfied that a report referred to in paragraph (a) is not likely to be prepared, a document setting out the results of an assessment of the impact the activity is likely to have on the Marine Park or the Great Barrier Reef in connection with which the Authority is satisfied that it will be necessary for the Authority to undertake an investigation as extensive as would be necessary for the purposes of a report referred to in paragraph (a).

(4) In items 6 and 7 in Table 68:

environmental impact statement about an activity means:

(a) an environmental impact statement in accordance with Division 6 of Part 8 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 concerning the impact the relevant activity is likely to have on the Marine Park or the Great Barrier Reef; or

(b) if the Authority is satisfied that a statement referred to in paragraph (a) is not likely to be prepared, a document setting out the results of an assessment of the impact the activity is likely to have on the Marine Park or the Great Barrier Reef in connection with which the Authority is satisfied that it will be necessary for the Authority to undertake an investigation as extensive as would be necessary for the purposes of a statement referred to in paragraph (a).

Table 68 Fees for assessments in respect of applications for permission

Item	Activity	Fee — initial permission ($)	Fee — continuation of permission ($)

1	Activity that requires use of an aircraft or vessel having a maximum passenger capacity of:
	(a) fewer than 25 passengers	520	520
	(b) 25 to 50 passengers	750	600
	(c) 51 to 100 passengers	1 360	830
	(d) 101 to 151 passengers	2 260	1 200
	(e) more than 150 passengers	3 780	1 510
2	Activity that requires the use of a facility or structure in the Marine Park	1 660	1 660
3	Activity that requires a public notice to be given under regulation 14F, 35 or 43	6 040	2 260
4	Activity about which a public environment report is to be prepared	30 240	30 240
5	Continuation of an activity about which a public environment report was prepared, if no other such report is to be prepared about the continuation		3 780
6	Activity about which an environmental impact statement is to be prepared	81 670	81 670
7	Continuation of an activity about which an environmental impact statement was prepared, if no other such statement is to be prepared about the continuation		3 780
8	Activity not covered by items 1 to 7	520	520

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