Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 57

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981.

Dated 9 April 2009

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

PETER ROBERT GARRETT

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Regulations 1983

Schedule 1 amends the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Regulations 1983.

4 Transitional

Despite the repeal by these Regulations of regulations 5 and 5A of the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Regulations 1983, those regulations continue to have effect in relation to applications for permits, and any other applications, made before the commencement of these Regulations.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulations 5 and 5A

substitute

5 Fees for applications

(1) For subsection 40 (1) of the Act, this regulation prescribes the fees to be paid for an application for a permit or for any other application under the Act.

(2) For an application for a permit to dump dredged or excavated material into any part of the sea, the following fees are prescribed:

(a) if the volume of the material exceeds 100 000 m3 — $23 500;

(b) if the volume of the material does not exceed 100 000 m3 — $10 000.

(3) For an application for a permit described in this subregulation, the following fees are prescribed:

(a) a permit to dump a vessel into any part of the sea — $12 700;

(b) a permit to dump a platform into any part of the sea — $12 700;

(d) a permit to dump into any part of the sea any controlled material for which a fee is not prescribed under this regulation — $5 000;

(e) a permit to bury a person at sea — $1 675.

(4) For an application to the Minister to vary a permit granted under the Act, the prescribed fee is $860.

Note For applications made before the commencement of regulation 5, as substituted by the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1), see regulation 4 of those Regulations.

[2] Regulation 5B

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or 5A

[3] Schedule 2

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