Australian Capital Territory
Utilities (Technical Regulation) Operating Certificate Fees Determination 2016*
Disallowable instrument DI2016–263
made under the  
Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014, section 110 (Determination of fees) 

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Operating Certificate Fees Determination 2016.
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on the day after it is notified. 
3	Determination of fees
I determine the fee payable for a matter listed in column 3 of the schedule to be the fee listed in the corresponding entry in column 4 of the schedule on the date the matter is invoiced.
4	Payment of fees
A fee mentioned in item 1, column 4 and item 2, column 4 of the schedule is payable to the ACT Government by the person requesting the operating certificate described in the corresponding entry in column 3 of the schedule.

A fee mentioned in item 3, column 4 and item 4, column 4 is payable to the ACT Government by the unlicensed regulated utility holding the relevant operating certificate.  

Dorte Ekelund
Technical Regulator
12 September 2016

Schedule
(See section 3)

Column 1
Item number	Column 2
Relevant section of the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014
(for information only)	Column 3
Matter for which fee is payable	Column 4
Fee payable	
			Until 30 June 2017	1 July 2017 until 30 June 2018	Commencing on 1 July 2018	
1	s 46	Grant of operating certificate – where no regulatory plan is required	Nil	Nil	Nil	
2	s 46	Grant of operating certificate – with assessment of regulatory plan
(rounded up to the nearest full hour)	$200
per hour	$210
per hour	$220
per hour	
3	s 48	Annual fee 
(for review of reports showing compliance with conditions of the operating certificate)	$750	$788	$827	
4	s 48	Cost recovery fee for audit, inspection, or compliance activity in accordance with conditions of the operating certificate
(rounded up to the nearest full hour)	$200
per hour	$210
per hour	$220
per hour	

Note 1	Regulatory plan is defined in the approved form for applying for an operating certificate (AF2016-89)
		
Note 2	The circumstances in which a regulatory plan is required are set out in the approved form for applying for an operating certificate (AF2016-89)