Australian Capital Territory
Water Resources (Fees) Revocation and Determination 2003
Disallowable Instrument DI 2003 — 164
made under the
Water Resources Act 1998, Section 78 - Determination of Fees

1.	Pursuant to section 78 of the Water Resources Act 1998  (the Act) I REVOKE the Determination No DI 2002 – 76 notified on the ACT Government Legislation Register.

2.	Under section 78 of the Water Resources Act 1998  (the Act), I DETERMINE that the fees payable for the purpose of those sections specified in Column 1 and described in Column 2 shall be those fees specified in Column 4. These fees are to be paid as described in Column 5.  Where applicable, GST inclusive fees are marked with a double asterisk (**).

3.	Explanatory notes (including the previous year’s fee) are included in the Schedule.  Explanatory notes are included at the end of the Schedule, where applicable.  Headings and explanatory notes in the Schedule do not form part of the determination.  (For example: where new fees for 2003-04 are denoted by an “N/A” in 2002-03, if included in the schedule, would not form part of the determination).

4.	The fees determined in this schedule are payable to the ACT Government by the person(s) requesting the goods or services, as listed.

5.	This Instrument commences on 1 July 2003.

Jon Stanhope
Minister for  Environment
23 June 2003

Section 28	Grant of a water allocation where the allocation relates to taking of water through a practice, which existed prior to 1 May 1998.	Nil	Nil		
Section 28	Grant of a water allocation where an allocation relating to taking of water through a practice which existed prior to 1 May 1998 is adjusted to more accurately represent the amount of water taken in line with the prior practice.	Nil	Nil		
Section 28	Grant of a water allocation in all cases except those specifically identified – per ML.	471.50	483.25	On a date set by the Environment  Protection Authority	
Section 35	Application fee for a licence to take water.	104.55	107.15	On application for a licence	
Section 35	Licence to take water administration fee for each licence year relating to a licensed volume of up to 6 megalitres per year.	52.25	53.55	For the first year of a licence, the fee shall be paid in full on application for a licence and thereafter, on a date set by the Environment  Protection Authority	
Section 35	Licence to take water administration fee for each licence year relating to a licensed volume of more than 6 megalitres and up to 2000 megalitres per year.	104.55	107.15	For the first year of a licence, the fee shall be paid in full on application for a licence and thereafter, on a date set by the Environment  Protection Authority	

Section 35	Licence to take water administration fee for each licence year relating to a licensed volume of more than 2000 megalitres and up to 5000 megalitres per year.	419.20	429.65	For the first year of a licence, the fee shall be paid in full on application for a licence and thereafter, on a date set by the Environment  Protection Authority	
Section 35	Licence to take water administration fee for each licence year relating to a licensed volume of more than 5000 megalitres and up to 10000 megalitres per year.	1047.55	1073.70	For the first year of a licence, the fee shall be paid in full on application for a licence and thereafter, on a date set by the Environment  Protection Authority	
Section 35	Licence to take water administration fee for each licence year relating to a licensed volume of more than 10000 megalitres and up to 25000 megalitres per year	2096.10	2148.50	For the first year of a licence, the fee shall be paid in full on application for a licence and thereafter, on a date set by the Environment  Protection Authority	
Section 35	Licence to take water administration fee for each licence year relating to a licensed volume of more than 25000 megalitres per year	5239.80	5370.75	For the first year of a licence, the fee shall be paid in full on application for a licence and thereafter, on a date set by the Environment  Protection Authority	
Section 35	Licence to take water abstraction fee for water taken for the purposes of urban water supply and calculated on the basis of the water charged to users – per kilolitre	0.10	0.10	Payments to be made for water charged to users in each three month period ending on the last day of February, May, August and November each year and within 28 days of the end of the three month periods.	

Section 35	Licence to take water abstraction fee for all water taken from surface water or ground water except for that supplied through the urban water supply network - per kilolitre	0.10	0.10	On a date set by the Environment  Protection Authority. In all cases, where fees relating to part of a month are due, each day’s use will be taken to be equivalent to average daily use for that month and, where monthly meter readings are not available, the Environment  Protection Authority shall estimate water use after consultation with the licensee.	
Section 39	Three year driller licence application fee where the applicant does not hold an equivalent licence in a state in Australia.	321.85	329.85	On application	
Section 39	Three year driller licence application fee where the applicant does hold an equivalent licence in a state in Australia.	20.50	21.00	On application	
Section 44	Bore Construction Permit	104.55	107.15	On application	
Section 47	Recharge licence Application Fee	209.10	214.30	On application for a licence	
Section 47	Recharge licence yearly fee	104.55	107.15	For the first year of a licence the fee shall be paid on application for a licence and thereafter, on a date set by the Environment  Protection 
Authority. 	

Section 69	Water control structures – permit to construct etc	104.55	107.15	On application	

ML denotes megalitre
“Licence year” means the first whole year of a licence or subsequent whole years.