Australian Capital Territory

Emergencies (Fees and Charges 2006/2007) Determination 2006

Disallowable instrument DI2006-164

Made under the

Emergencies Act 2004, Section 201 (Determination of Fees)

1.	This determination may be cited as Emergencies (Fees and Charges 2006/2007) Determination 2006.

2.	This determination comes into operation on the day after notification.

3.	Under section 201 of the Emergencies Act 2004, I DETERMINE that the fees payable by a person for a service identified in items 1 to 44 of the schedule of this determination is payable to the ACT.

Explanatory notes are included at the end of schedule in italic text.  Explanatory notes in italic text and general explanatory notes in italic text do not form part of the determination.  (For example, the following twelve words, if included in a schedule, would not form part of the determination: Explanatory Note: explanatory notes and general explanatory notes are in italic text).

Simon Corbell MLA
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
5 July 2006

Item No.	Matter in respect of which fee or charge is payable	2006-07	
(1)	Where personnel are made available to crew fire appliances at the request of a person or organisation conducting a sporting event or other public function or emergency activity, personnel as follows:		
	a. Each Superintendent and above (per Hour or part thereof) *	$103.00	
	b. Each District Officer (per Hour or part thereof)*	$88.00	
	c. Each Station Officer (per hour or part thereof)*	$77.00	
	d. Each Fire Fighter (per hour or part thereof)*	$65.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased due to increases in Fire Fighter salaries		
(2)	Where a fire appliance is made available at the request of a person or organisation conducting a sporting event or other public function or emergency activity, appliances as follows:		
	a. Fire Pumper with crew (per hour or part thereof)*	$408.00	
	b. Hazmat Vehicle with crew (per hour or part thereof)*	$408.00	
	c. Water Tanker (per hour or part thereof)*	$368.00	
	d. Water Tanker (Minimum crew) per hour or part thereof*	$221.00	
	e. Hydraulic Platform (per hour or part thereof)*	$363.00	
	f . Specialist Vehicle (per hour or part thereof)*	$214.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(3)	Technical Rescue Course fees:		
	a. Trench Rescue  per hour or part thereof per instructor*	$202.00	
	b. Confined Space Rescue  per hour or part thereof per instructor*	$202.00	
	c. Vertical Rescue  per hour or part thereof per instructor*	$202.00	
	d. Structural Collapse Rescue  per hour or part thereof per instructor*	$202.00	
	e. Road Accident Rescue  per hour or part thereof per instructor*	$202.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(4)	Oxygen Cylinder refill*	$22.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(5)	Air Cylinder refill*	$7.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(6)	Hydrostatic testing of Cylinder - first cylinder*	$38.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(7)	Hydrostatic testing of Cylinder - subsequent cylinders*	$22.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(8)	Testing of LPG cylinders*	$26.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(9)	Cylinder valve service per hr plus parts.  Minimum charge 1 hr*	$68.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(10)	Hire of Full air cylinder*	$16.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(11)	Hire of full oxygen cylinder*	$28.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(12)	Service & testing of SCBA per hr plus parts.  Minimum charge 1 hr*	$68.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(13)	Service & testing of Drager Acute Pack 2000 per hr plus parts.  Minimum charge 1 hr*	$68.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(14)	Service & testing of Chemical Suits per hr plus parts.  Minimum charge 1 hr*	$68.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(15)	Breathing Apparatus training course*	$3,486.00	
	Breathing Apparatus & Chemical Suit training*	$3,744.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(16)	Hire of Breathing Apparatus Set per day or part thereof*	$63.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(17)	Breathing Apparatus Training /Consultancy per hour or part thereof*	$158.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(18)	Building certification fee:		
	a. Issue of Fire Brigade clearance to private certifiers per hour or part thereof, which will include Initial consultation, any required report preparation, site inspections, testing of fire systems and preparation of clearance inspections.	$163.00	
	b. Post Occupancy Building Fire Safety Inspections per hour or part thereof general Fire Safety inspection of occupied premises including preparation of a fire report	$163.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(19)	Fire Incident Reports, and Fire Safety policies, search, duplication and dispatch of 1 x Fire Report on request each Fire Incident Report or part thereof	$37.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(20)	Fire Investigation Report 	$338.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(21)	Fire Warden Training Course (4 hours) per course attendee*	$65.00	
	Fire Warden Training for a large group of students within the same precinct or part thereof to 8 persons*	$1,111.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(22)	Fire Safety and Extinguisher Training Course (1 hour 45 mins) per session or part thereof to 8 persons*	$675.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(23)	Fire Safety Training (No Extinguishers) - 45 mins - 1 hour per session or part thereof to 8 persons*	$459.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(24)	Fire Extinguisher Training Only (30 mins - 40 mins) per session or part thereof to 8 persons*	$459.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index and by increases in Fire Fighter salaries.		
(25)	Registration fee for Automatic Fire Alarm System 	$314.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(26)	Registration fee for second & Subsequent Alarm Installation at the same protected premises 	$127.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(27)	Monitoring fee for Automatic Fire Alarm System per month	$26.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(28)	Monitoring fee for second & Subsequent Alarm Installation at the same protected premises per month	$10.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(29)	AFANP Connection Fee 	$31,487.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(30)	AFANP Maintenance Fee for the first year, and	$25,285.00	
	 per quarter	$6,325.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(31)	Retesting fee (per series of tests) 	$1,514.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(32)	Transfer Fee for first Alarm Installation at each protected premises 	$127.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(33)	Transfer fee for the second and subsequent Alarm Installation at a protected premise when the transfer request contains a single alarm transfer request*	$139.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(34)	Transfer fee for the second and subsequent Alarm Installation at a protected premise when the transfer request is received in the same application*	$68.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(35)	Residential False Alarm fee 	$200.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increase announced in 06/07 Budget		
(36)	Incorrect Alarm Type fee 	$628.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(37)	Commercial False Alarm fee 	$500.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increase announced in 06/07 Budget		
(38)	Third party IVU false alarm fees 	$252.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
	ACT Pensioners & Health Card Holders		
	ACT Pensioners & Health Card Holders will continue to be entitled to free emergency and non-emergency ambulance services within the ACT. ACT Pensioners & Health Card Holders are entitled to free emergency ambulance services from an approved ambulance provider interstate only if that state participates in reciprocal arrangements with the ACT.		
(39)	Where an emergency ambulance service is provided to a person that includes medical treatment and ambulance transport:		
	(a) within the ACT	$670.00	
	(b) An additional charge for each kilometre travelled outside of the ACT.	$10.00	
	(c) Where 3 or more persons are transported together in an ambulance, the amount payable by each person is equal to three quarters of the amount that would otherwise be payable under this determination		
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increase announced in 06/07 Budget		
(40)	Where an emergency ambulance service is provided to a person that includes medical treatment not including ambulance transport.	$469.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increase announced in 06/07 Budget		
(41)	Where a non emergency ambulance service is provided to a person that includes medical treatment and ambulance transport by an Intensive Care Paramedic Ambulance:		
	(a) within the ACT	$479.00	
	(b) An additional charge for each kilometre travelled outside of the ACT.	$10.00	
	(c) Where 3 or more persons are transported together in an ambulance, the amount payable by each person is equal to three quarters of the amount that would otherwise be payable under this determination		
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increase announced in 06/07 Budget		
(42)	Where an ambulance vehicle is made available at the request of a person or organisation conducting a sporting event or other public function and:		
	(a) the vehicle is made available for 4 hours or less. Includes 10% GST per service.*	$571.00	
	(b) the vehicle is made available for more than 4 hours.  Includes 10% GST per service.*	$573.00	
	plus an amount  for each hour or part thereof in excess of 4 hours*	$151.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(43)	Transportation of patients not requiring emergency care by the Patient Transport Service:		
	(a) Where the distance travelled by the Patient Transport Service from its station and in returning to its station exceeds 16 kilometres per service	$176.00	
	plus an amount for every km exceeding 16 km	$4.00	
	(c) Where 3 or more persons are transported together in an ambulance, the amount payable by each person is equal to three quarters of the amount that would otherwise be payable under this determination		
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		
(44)	Aero-medical fees in relation to medical retrievals on the provision of the Southcare Helicopter Service, or its substitute for the first 30 minutes or part thereof*	$2,122.00	
	Plus an amount per additional 6 minutes or part thereof*	$140.00	
2006-07	Explanatory Note: Fee increased by contract cost increases		

SCHEDULE OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEES (FOR INFORMATION ONLY)

Item	Matter in respect of which fee or charge is payable 	2006-07	
Ambulance Service	 	
Legislative Authority - Administrative	 	
 	 	 	
(1)	Interview of Ambulance Officers	 	
 	a) each Ambulance Manager and above (per hour, all hours)	$98.00	
 	b) each Ambulance Paramedic (per hour, all hours)	$64.00	
2006-07 	 Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index..	 	
Financial Management	 	
Legislative Authority - Administrative	 	
 	 	 	
(2)	Search of Records.  Requests by persons for operational and/or electronic records 	 	
 	a) where at least 48 hrs notice is given for production of the records	$59.00	
 	b) where less than 48 hrs notice is given for production of the records	$74.00	
2006-07	  Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.	 	
(3)	Hire of conference room at ESA Headquarters (per half day)	$76.00	
2006-07	  Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.	 	
(4)	Hire of large training room (to suit 20-24 students complete with OHP, white board, video equipment and access to kitchen).	$190.00	
2006-07	  Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.	 	
 	 	 	
Corporate Administration	 	
Legislative Authority - Administrative	 	
 	 	 	
(5)	Hire of syndicate rooms at the ESA Training Centre	$37.00	
2006-07	 Explanatory Note: Fee increased by Wage Price Index.		

Note:
* Fees and Charges so marked, are GST applicable under Section 4 Fees and charges in return for supplies