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Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008
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78B Online portal charge
(1) The Secretary may set and declare, by notice published in the Government Gazette, the charge to be paid by a Council in respect of the online portal, in accordance with the methodology specified in the notice for use of the portal by the Council.
(2) Without limiting the methodology by which a charge may be set, the methodology may provide for all or any of the following—
(a) that the charge is payable by a Council using the portal in the period or periods specified in the notice;
(b) that different payment arrangements may be specified in the notice in respect of each Council including that the charge be paid in instalments;
(c) that different charges may be specified for each Council based on the use of the portal by the Council having regard to—
(i) the number of applications for the issue, transfer or renewal of registrations received in the online portal by Council during the period specified in the notice; and
(ii) the cost of administering and maintaining the portal; and
(iii) any other information relevant to the use of the portal by Council.
Part 7—Regulatory provisions administered by the Secretary
Division 1—Cooling tower systems
79 When is a cooling tower system in operation?
(1) Once a cooling tower system starts operation (whether initially, or after being recommissioned), then, for the purposes of this Division, the cooling tower system remains in operation until—
(a) it is decommissioned or removed; and
(b) the Secretary has been notified in accordance with section 88 that it has been decommissioned or removed.
(2) For the purposes of this Division, a cooling tower system is in operation even if the only purpose for which it is in operation is to enable the conducting of tests associated with the installation or commissioning or re-commissioning of the cooling tower system.