Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Fees for Wildlife Trade Permits) Regulation 2013

Select Legislative Instrument No. 122, 2013

I, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Dated 13 June 2013

Marie Bashir

Administrator

By Her Excellency’s Command

Tony Burke

Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Contents

1 Name of Regulation

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendments

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000

1  Name of Regulation

  This regulation is the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Fees for Wildlife Trade Permits) Regulation 2013.

2  Commencement

  This regulation commences on 1 July 2013.

3  Authority

  This regulation is made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

4  Schedule(s)

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000

1  After subregulation 18.02(2)

Insert:

 (2A) The administration component of a fee, for an application in relation to an activity mentioned in an item of Part 1A of Schedule 11, is the amount mentioned in the item as the rounded administration component.

Note: The administration component of a fee mentioned in an item in Part 1A of Schedule 11 is subject to increase under regulation 18.03.

2  After regulation 18.02

Insert:

18.03  Increase in administration component of fees

 (1) This regulation applies to the administration component of a fee for an application in relation to an activity mentioned in an item of Part 1A of Schedule 11.

 (2) The amount of the administration component mentioned in the item is increased on 1 July 2014, and on each following 1 July, in accordance with the formula:

  Where:

fee is:

 (a) for the increase on 1 July 2014—the amount of the administration component mentioned in the item as the unrounded amount; or

 (b) for the increase on a later 1 July—the unrounded amount of the administration component worked out under this subregulation for the previous 1 July.

increase amount is:

 (a) for the increase on 1 July 2014—0.021; or

 (b) for the increase on a later 1 July—0.02.

 (3) If the amount of the administration component worked out under subregulation (2) would be an amount of dollars and cents, the amount is to be rounded to the nearest whole dollar and, if the amount to be rounded is 50 cents, the amount is to be rounded up.

3  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.01(a), column headed “Administration component”)

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4  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.01(b), column headed “Administration component”)

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5  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.01(c), column headed “Administration component”)

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6  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.01(d), column headed “Administration component”)

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7  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.01(e), column headed “Administration component”)

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8  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.02(a), column headed “Administration component”)

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9  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.02(b), column headed “Administration component”)

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10  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.02(c), column headed “Administration component”)

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11  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.02(d), column headed “Administration component”)

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12  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.03(a), column headed “Administration component”)

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13  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.03(b), column headed “Administration component”)

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14  Schedule 11 (cell at table paragraph 1A.03(c), column headed “Administration component”)

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15  Schedule 11 (cell at table item 1A.04, column headed “Administration component”)

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16  Schedule 11 (cell at table item 1A.05, column headed “Administration component”)

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17  Schedule 11 (cell at table item 1A.06, column headed “Administration component”)

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