Australian Capital Territory

Animal Diseases (Fees) Determination 2007 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI 2007- 137

made under the 
Animal Diseases Act 2005, Section 88 - Determination of Fees

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 88 of the Animal Diseases Act 2005 provides the Minister with the power to determine fees for the purposes of the Act.

This determination revokes the previous fee determination (DI 2006—167) that set fees for the 2006-2007 financial year and establishes fees from 1 July 2007.

The previous fee for issuing ear tags for stock in emergency circumstances has been discontinued as NLIS devices (as defined in the Animal Diseases Regulation 2006) are issued instead.  Accordingly, this instrument only sets a fee for the issuing of NLIS devices in emergency circumstances.  In normal circumstances the issuing and recording of NLIS devices is a commercial transaction between the supplier of the device and the person requiring the device and no fee is required to be set under the Act.

The determination increases the fees payable under the Act by the current wage price index for Canberra issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics from 1 July 2007 (4.0%), consistent with the Government’s announcement on indexing of fees and charges as part of the 2006-07 ACT Budget.  The increases are rounded down to the nearest 5 cents.

The new fee determination takes effect on from 1 July 2007.