Schedule Sch 9 - Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) (Mineral Industries) Regulations 2019 - Work plan fees for mining licences and prospecting licences

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Schedule 9—Work plan fees for mining licences and prospecting licences

Regulations 47 and 49

1 Definitions

(1) In this Schedule—

EES work plan means a work plan or variation to a work plan for work in respect of which an Environment Effects Statement is prepared under the Environment Effects Act 1978;

SE work plan means a work plan or variation to a work plan for work in respect of which a planning permit is required;

sensitive location, in relation to a mine, means—

(a) a residence, school, kindergarten, aged care facility, hospital, childcare centre or community facility; or

(b) a place or class of places declared under subclause (2) to be a sensitive location—

but does not include any premises that are owned or occupied by the person who lodges a work plan or applies to vary a work plan in relation to the mining to be carried out in that mine.

(2) The Minister, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may declare a place or class of places to be a sensitive location for the purposes of this Schedule.

(3) In determining the perimeter of the area for the purposes of this Schedule, any buffer zone in or in relation to that area is to be excluded.

2 Fee for lodgement of work plan

The fees for lodging a work plan are specified in the following Table.

Table

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Fee
Item	Category	SE work plan	EES work plan
1	Prospecting licence or a mining licence that covers an area of 5 hectares or less	123⋅4 fee units	N/A
2	For a mining licence, in respect of a mine that is not a declared mine with no blasting involved and that has no sensitive locations within 200 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the work plan	308⋅4 fee units	1233⋅8 fee units
3	For a mining licence, in respect of a mine that is not a declared mine with no blasting involved and that has one or more sensitive locations within 200 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the work plan

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Fee
Item	Category	SE work plan	EES work plan	Other work plan
1	A prospecting licence, or a mining licence that covers an area of 5 hectares or less	114⋅4 fee units	N/A	38⋅1 fee units
2	For a mining licence, in respect of a mine that is not a declared mine with no blasting involved and that has no sensitive locations within 200 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the application	305⋅0 fee units	1143⋅8 fee units	95⋅3 fee units
3	For a mining licence, in respect of a mine that is not a declared mine with no blasting involved and that has one or more sensitive locations within 200 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the application	381⋅3 fee units	1143⋅8 fee units	114⋅4 fee units
4	For a mining licence, in respect of a mine that is not a declared mine with blasting involved and that has no sensitive	305⋅0 fee units	1143⋅8 fee units	95⋅3 fee units
	locations within 500 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the application
5	For a mining licence, in respect of a mine that is not a declared mine with blasting involved and that has one or more sensitive locations within 500 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the application	762⋅5 fee units	2287⋅5 fee units	228⋅8 fee units
6	For a mining licence, in respect of a mine that is a declared mine	762⋅5 fee units	2287⋅5 fee units	228⋅8 fee units