20Public access to environment mitigation information system data and information

20 Public access to environment mitigation information system data and information

The Secretary must give any person access to the environment mitigation information system so that the person is able to use the system. The access and use must be—

(a) during office hours at the principal office of the Department; and

(b) free of charge.

Part 3—The environment mitigation levy

Division 1—Imposition

21 Imposition of environment mitigation levy

(1) Subject to subsection (2), if an event specified in column 2 of an item in the Table (that is not an excluded event) occurs, the environment mitigation levy is imposed in respect of the relevant land specified in column 3 of that item in the Table opposite that event.

(2) The environment mitigation levy cannot be imposed more than once in respect of land specified in column 3 of an item in the Table even if an event specified in column 2 of that item (that is not an excluded event) occurs again in respect of that land.

(3) For the purposes of items 4 and 5 in the Table, a parcel of land specified in column 3 of either of those items does not include a parcel of land that—

(a) is solely a buffer zone (within the meaning of section 7(2)); or

(b) has a buffer zone (within the meaning of section 7(2)) and an area to which the approved work plan referred to in column 2 for that item does not apply.

(4) To avoid doubt, a person is not entitled to pay any amount in respect of the environment mitigation levy that the person may be liable to pay in respect of a levy event until the levy event occurs.