Australian Capital Territory
Water and Sewerage (Fees) Determination 2004 (No 1)*
Disallowable Instrument DI 2004 —94
made under the
Water and Sewerage ACT 2000, Section 45 - Determination of Fees

1.	Pursuant to section 45 of the Water and Sewerage Act 2000 (the Act) I REVOKE the Determination No DI 2003 – 16 and 155 notified on the ACT Government Legislation Register and I DETERMINE that the fees payable for the purposes of the Act shall be in accordance with the Schedule.

2.	The fees for services provided are specified in the Schedule hereunder in Column 2 and prices for 2004-2005 are specified in Column 4 opposite, in relation to that service.  Where applicable, GST inclusive fees are marked with a double        asterisk (**)

3.	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.

4.	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.

5.	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 2004-05 are denoted by an “N/A” in 2003-04, if included in the schedule, would not form part of the determination).

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

7.	This Instrument commences on 1 July 2004.

Simon Corbell
Minister for Planning
31 May 2004

	Plumbing - start of work notice plumbing -  up to 9 fixtures	$103.00 plus $10.70 per fixture in excess of 9	$105.00 plus $10.90 per fixture in excess of 9	
	Drainage – start of work notice drainers permit	$103.00 plus $10.70 per fixture in excess of 9	$105.00 plus $10.90 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)	$136.00 per book of ten or $14.35 per permit	$138.00 per book of ten or $14.60 per permit	
	Start of work notice – Irrigation (Class 1 buildings only)	69.70	71.00	
	Plan registration (including an amendment to a registered plan and resubmission of a rejected residential plan)	69.70	71.00	
	Re-inspection	N/A	77.80	
	Backflow Prevention Devices - Registration of backflow test reports	15.60	15.90