Australian Capital Territory
Water and Sewerage (Fees) Determination 2007 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI 2007—154
made under the
Water and Sewerage ACT 2000, s 45 (Determination of fees)

1.	Name of Instrument
This instrument is the Water and Sewerage (Fees) Determination 2007 (No 1).

2.	Commencement
This instrument commences the day after notification.

3.	Determination of fees
The fees set out in the schedule are determined.

This determination does not apply to the lodging with the chief executive, under the Water and Sewerage Act 2000, of any of the following documents if the document relates to 
(a)	a parcel of land on which a building or structure was destroyed or damaged by fire, or in the course of fighting fire, associated with the bushfire emergency that began on 18 January 2003 and ended on 28 January 2003 and 
(b)	a building or structure that replaces a building or structure of the same kind that was located on the land immediately before the beginning of the bushfire emergency and was damaged during the bushfire emergency
•	A start of work notice relating to not more than 9 plumbing fixtures
•	A start of work notice relating to drainage
•	A start of work notice relating to minor works if the work is not new work and the cost is less than $1000
•	A start of work notice relating to irrigation for a Class 1 building
•	A plan, including an amendment to a registered plan and the relodgment of a rejected residential plan.

This determination:
(a)	does not apply if, at the time the document is lodged, the person who was the lessee of the land at the beginning of the bushfire emergency is no longer the lessee of the land; but 

(b)	if before the beginning of the bushfire emergency, a person had entered into an agreement with the lessee of the land giving the person a right to the transfer of the lease, but no transfer had been registered under the Land Titles Act 1925 in accordance with the agreement, the person is taken to be the lessee of the land at the beginning of the emergency.

4.	Payment of fees
The determined fees are payable to the ACT Government by a person requesting the goods or services mentioned in schedule 1.

5.	Revocation
DI 2006 - 162 is revoked.

Andrew Barr
Minister for Planning
24 June 2007

	Plumbing - start of work notice plumbing -  up to 9 fixtures	$110.00 plus $11.50 per fixture in excess of 9	$115.40 plus $12.00 per fixture in excess of 9	
	Drainage – start of work notice drainers permit	$111.00 plus $11.50 per fixture in excess of 9	$115.40 plus $12.00 per fixture in excess of 9	
	Start of work notice - minor works  (where the work is not new work and the cost of the work is less than $1,000)	$146.20 per book of ten or $15.50 per notice	$152.00 per book of ten or $16.10 per notice	
	Start of work notice – Irrigation (Class 1 buildings only)	75.40	78.40	
	Plan registration (including an amendment to a registered plan and resubmission of a rejected residential plan)	75.40	78.40