Australian Capital Territory
Water and Sewerage (Fees) Determination 2013 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2013-161
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 2013 (No 1).

2.	Commencement
This instrument commences on 1 July 2013.

3.	Determination of fees
The fees set out in Column 4 of the attached Schedule are determined.

4.	Payment of fees
The determined fees are payable to the ACT Government by a person requesting the goods or services described in the attached Schedule.

5.	Determination or fees not to apply in certain circumstances

This determination does not apply to the lodging with the Chief Planning 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 $1,000;
•	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.

The fees defined in Column 2 of the Schedule as, “start of work notice - minor works”, shall not apply to the lodgement with the Occupations Registrar under the Water and Sewerage Act 2000, of a start of work notice relating to minor works involving the replacement of a toilet or toilets to a single residential building as defined by the Water and Sewerage Act 2000 where:
•	the work is not new work;
•	the cost is less than $1000;
•	the work is part of the ACT Government Dual Flush Toilet Rebate Program.

6.	Revocation
DI 2012‑147 notified on the legislation register on 29 June 2012 is revoked.

Simon Corbell
Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development
20 June 2013

	Plumbing - start of work notice plumbing - up to 12 fixtures - only payable in instances when the Building Levy is not payable.
	199.00 plus 14.50 per fixture in excess of 12
	205.50 plus 15.00 per fixture in excess of 12
		
	Drainage – start of work notice drainers permit - only payable in instances when the Building Levy is not payable.
	199.00 plus 14.50 per fixture in excess of 12
	205.50 plus 15.00 per fixture in excess of 12
		
	Start of work notice - minor works  (where the work is not new work and the cost of the work is less than $1,000) - only payable in instances when the Building Levy is not payable.
	199.00 per book of ten or 22.10 per notice
	205.50 per book of ten or 22.80 per notice
		
	Start of work notice – Irrigation (Class 1 buildings only) - only payable in instances when the Building Levy is not payable.
	93.70	96.70		
	Plan registration (including an amendment to a registered plan and resubmission of a rejected residential plan) - only payable in instances when the Building Levy is not payable.

Plumbing re-inspections:	93.70	96.70		
	First re-inspection	199.00	205.50		
	Second re-inspection	398.00	410.90		
	Third re-inspection	797.00	822.90		
	All subsequent re-inspections	1,594.00	1,645.80