Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2016

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.

Dated 05 May 2016

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Ken Wyatt AM

Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health

 

 

 

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Amendments of charge amounts

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Regulations 2000

Part 2—Other amendments

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Regulations 2000

1  Name

  This is the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2016.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

1 July 2016.

1 July 2016

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Part 1—Amendments of charge amounts

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Regulations 2000

1  Amendments of listed provisions—Schedule 1

The items of the table in clause 1 of Schedule 1 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 

Amendments relating to annual charge for facility licence—nuclear installations

Item

Table item

Omit

Substitute

1

Item 1

24 517

25 178

2

Item 2

61 297

62 952

3

Item 3

24 517

25 178

4

Item 4

122 596

125 906

5

Item 5

61 297

62 952

6

Item 6

49 038

50 362

7

Item 7

122 596

125 906

8

Item 8

122 596

125 906

9

Item 9

943 983

969 470

10

Item 10

245 191

251 811

11

Item 11

12 259

12 589

12

Item 12

24 517

25 178

13

Item 13

12 259

12 589

14

Item 14

61 297

62 952

15

Item 15

24 517

25 178

16

Item 16

12 259

12 589

17

Item 17

24 517

25 178

18

Item 18

12 259

12 589

19

Item 19

61 297

62 952

20

Item 20

24 517

25 178

21

Item 21

24 517

25 178

22

Item 22

61 297

62 952

23

Item 23

24 517

25 178

24

Item 24

98 076

100 724

25

Item 25

61 297

62 952

 

2  Amendments of listed provisions—Part 1 of Schedule 2

The items in the table in clause 1 of Schedule 2 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 

Amendments relating to annual charge for facility licence—prescribed radiation facilities (general)

Item

Table item

Omit

Substitute

1

Item 1

12 609

12 949

2

Item 2

12 609

12 949

3

Item 3

12 609

12 949

4

Item 4

12 609

12 949

5

Item 5

12 609

12 949

6

Item 6

12 609

12 949

7

Item 7

25 220

25 900

 

3  Amendments of listed provisions—Part 2 of Schedule 2

The items in the table in clause 2 of Schedule 2 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 

Amendments relating to annual charge for facility licence—prescribed radiation facilities (other)

Item

Table item

Omit

Substitute

1

Item 1

42 032

43 166

2

Item 2

28 021

28 777

3

Item 3

42 032

43 166

4

Item 4

28 021

28 777

 

4  Amendments of listed provisions—Part 2 of Schedule 3

The items in the table in clause 2 of Schedule 3 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 

Amendments relating to annual charge for source licence—charges (general)

Item

Table item

Omit

Substitute

1

Item 1

1 151

1 182

2

Item 1

4 606

4 730

3

Item 1

13 815

14 188

4

Item 2

2 991

3 071

5

Item 2

9 210

9 458

6

Item 2

27 627

28 372

7

Item 3

5 757

5 912

8

Item 3

17 311

17 778

9

Item 3

50 649

52 016

 

5  Amendments of listed provisions—Part 3 of Schedule 3

The items in the table in clause 3 of Schedule 3 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 

Amendments relating to annual charge for source licence—charges for certain licence holders

Item

Table item

Omit

Substitute

1

Item 1

809 829

381 463

2

Item 2

270 130

159 632

3

Item 3

297 529

296 512

 

Part 2—Other amendments

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Regulations 2000

6  Subregulation 3(1)

Insert:

designated licence holder: if a licence holder mentioned in an item in the table in clause 1 of Schedule 2B holds one or more facility licences during a financial year, the licence holder is a designated licence holder for the year.

7  Subregulation 4(1)

After “facility licence”, insert “(other than a facility licence held by a designated licence holder for the year)”.

8  At the end of subregulation 4(1)

Add:

Note: The amount of the charge for a financial year for all facility licences held by a designated licence holder is set out in Schedule 2B (see regulation 5B).

9  Subregulation 5(1)

After “facility licence”, insert “(other than a facility licence held by a designated licence holder for the year)”.

10  At the end of subregulation 5(1)

Add:

Note: The amount of the charge for a financial year for all facility licences held by a designated licence holder is set out in Schedule 2B (see regulation 5B).

11  After regulation 5

Insert:

5A  Annual charge for facility licence—prescribed legacy sites

 (1) For subsection 4(2) of the Act, this regulation prescribes the amount of the charge for a financial year for a facility licence (other than a facility licence held by a designated licence holder for the year) that authorises persons to do a thing mentioned in an item in the table in clause 1 of Schedule 2A in relation to a controlled facility that is a prescribed legacy site.

 (2) The amount of the charge for the licence for the year is the amount mentioned in the item.

Note: Division 5 of Part 4 of the ARPANS Regulations makes provision in relation to the time for payment of the annual charge, pro‑rating and refunds.

5B  Annual charge for facility licence—designated licence holders

 (1) For subsection 4(2) of the Act, this regulation prescribes the amount of the charge for a financial year for all facility licences held by a licence holder that is a designated licence holder for the year.

 (2) The amount of the charge for the facility licences for the year is the amount mentioned in the item in the table in clause 1 of Schedule 2B that relates to the designated licence holder.

12  Clause 1 of Schedule 1

After “facility licence”, insert “(other than a facility licence held by a designated licence holder for the year)”.

13  Clause 1 of Schedule 2

After “facility licence”, insert “(other than a facility licence held by a designated licence holder for the year)”.

14  Clause 2 of Schedule 2

After “facility licence”, insert “(other than a facility licence held by a designated licence holder for the year)”.

15  After Schedule 2

Insert:

Schedule 2A—Facility licence annual charges—prescribed legacy sites

Note: See regulation 5A.

 

 

1  Facility licence annual charges—prescribed legacy sites

  The following table sets out the amount of the charge for a financial year for a facility licence (other than a facility licence held by a designated licence holder for the year) that authorises a person to do a thing mentioned in an item in the table in relation to a controlled facility that is a prescribed legacy site.

 

Facility licence annual charges—prescribed legacy sites

Item

Thing authorised to be done by licence

Amount ($)

1

Possess or control a controlled facility that is a prescribed legacy site

14 010

2

Remediate a controlled facility that is a prescribed legacy site

210 163

3

Abandon a controlled facility that is a prescribed legacy site

28 021

 

Schedule 2B—Facility licence annual charges—designated licence holders

Note: See regulation 5B.

 

 

1  Total facility licence annual charges—designated licence holders

  The following table sets out the amount of the charge for a financial year for all facility licences held by a designated licence holder for the year mentioned in an item in the table.

 

Total facility licence annual charges—designated licence holders

Item

Licence holder

Amount ($)

1

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

2 267 954

2

Department of Defence

276 051

 

16  Amendments of listed provisions—Schedule 1

The items of the table in clause 1 of Schedule 1 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 

Amendments relating to nuclear materials

Item

Table item

Omit

Substitute

1

Item 1, paragraph (a)

nuclear materials

radioactive materials

2

Item 2, paragraph (a)

nuclear materials

radioactive materials

3

Item 3, paragraph (a)

nuclear materials

radioactive materials

4

Item 4, paragraph (a)

nuclear materials

radioactive materials

5

Item 5, paragraph (a)

nuclear materials

radioactive materials

6

Item 6, paragraph (a)

nuclear materials

radioactive materials

7

Item 7, paragraph (a)

nuclear materials

radioactive materials

8

Item 8, paragraph (a)

nuclear materials

radioactive materials

9

Item 9, paragraph (a)

nuclear materials

radioactive materials

10

Item 10, paragraph (a)

nuclear materials

radioactive materials

11

Item 16

nuclear waste

radioactive waste

12

Item 17

nuclear waste

radioactive waste

13

Item 18

nuclear waste

radioactive waste

14

Item 19

nuclear waste

radioactive waste

15

Item 20

nuclear waste

radioactive waste