8Fee for certain reviews of conservation management plans

#### 8 Fee for certain reviews of conservation management plans 8 Fee for certain reviews of conservation management plans > > (1) The Secretary of the Department of Planning and Environment or a delegate of the Secretary may, from time to time, determine the fees payable for the review of conservation management plans. > > > (2) The Secretary of the Department of Planning and Environment or a delegate of the Secretary may determine different fees for the review of different conservation management plans, having regard to the costs incurred in conducting the review (whether the review is conducted by members of staff of the Office of Environment and Heritage or by other persons engaged for that purpose). > > > (3) In determining the fees payable under this clause, the Secretary of the Department of Planning and Environment or a delegate of the Secretary may include a component (a public notice component) to cover the reasonable costs (including any administrative costs) incurred by the Heritage Council in causing public notice of the review of a conservation management plan to be given. > > > (4) The Heritage Council may charge an affected owner the fee determined under this clause for the review of a conservation management plan if— > > > > > (a) the review is requested by the affected owner, or > > > > > (b) the review is for the purpose of the Heritage Council’s endorsement of the plan and the endorsement is requested by the affected owner. > > > (5) A request for a review of a conservation management plan in respect of which a fee is payable under this clause must be accompanied by the applicable fee. > > > (6) However, if the fee payable under this clause includes a public notice component, that component is payable within 30 days after written notification of the amount due for the component is given to the affected owner concerned. > > > (7) A fee is not payable under this clause for the review of a conservation management plan that is undertaken in the process of determining an application for an approval to carry out an act, matter or thing referred to in section 57 (1) of the Act. > > > (8) In subclauses (1)–(5), a reference to a conservation management plan includes a reference to a preliminary or draft conservation management plan. > > **cl 8:** Am 2022 No 59, Sch 3.34.