68Fees—the Act, s 60ZF(11)

68 Fees—the Act, s 60ZF(11)

68 Fees—the Act, s 60ZF(11)

(1) An applicant must, when applying to clear native vegetation, pay the Panel the relevant application fee.

(2) An applicant must, when seeking modification of an approval to clear native vegetation, pay the Panel a fee of not more than the following—

(a) for a minor modification—$850,

(b) otherwise—50% of the application fee paid for the approval for which the modification is sought.

(3) In this section—

minor modification means—

(a) the correction of a minor error, misdescription or miscalculation, or

(b) a modification—

(i) to substantially the same clearing as the clearing to which the approval proposed to be modified relates, and

(ii) that will have minimal environmental impact.

relevant application fee means—

(a) for an application to clear vegetation that does not include a threatened species or a threatened ecological community—not more than $1,000, or

(b) for an application to clear vegetation that includes a threatened species or a threatened ecological community for which a risk of a serious and irreversible impact on biodiversity values is not identified in a biodiversity development assessment report prepared for the application—

(i) for clearing an area of land of less than 10ha—not more than $1,700, or

(ii) for clearing an area of land of at least 10ha but less than 100ha—not more than $3,200, or

(iii) for clearing an area of land of 100ha or more—not more than $4,000, or

(c) for an application to clear vegetation for which a risk of a serious and irreversible impact on biodiversity values is identified in a biodiversity development assessment report prepared for the application—not more than $6,000.

threatened ecological community has the same meaning as in the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

threatened species has the same meaning as in the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.