17Fees, allowances and compensation

17 Fees, allowances and compensation

(1)  The fee that may be payable to the Crown, by the owner of a dam or proposed dam, for the assessment of –

(a) the following reports:

(i) a design report;

(ii) a construction report;

(iii) a maintenance report;

(iv) a surveillance report;

(v) a decommissioning report;

(vi) an NOC report;

(vii) a consequence category report;

(viii) an incident report; or

(b) a dam safety emergency plan –

is 60 fee units for each half hour spent assessing the report or plan.

(2)  The following amounts are payable to persons attending or giving evidence at an inquiry or examination referred to in Part 8A of the Act:

| 1. | For meals, travelling and accommodation: | The same rate and on the same terms as prescribed from time to time for the equivalent allowance in the General Conditions of Service Award made under the Industrial Relations Act 1984 in respect of persons who are State Service officers or State Service employees | | 2. | For loss of salary, wages or income resulting from a person's attendance at the inquiry or examination, if the person is not an expert witness (for each hour, or part of an hour): | The actual loss incurred, up to a maximum of 2.5% of the seasonally adjusted average weekly earnings of a full-time adult employee in Tasmania as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the December quarter for the previous year | | 3. | For loss of salary, wages or income resulting from a person's attendance at the inquiry or examination, if the person is an expert witness: | The amount that the Minister or other person conducting the inquiry or examination considers just and reasonable in the circumstances |

(3)  Compensation is not payable to a person who does not incur an actual loss of salary, wages or income as a result of attending an inquiry or examination.