Australian Capital Territory
Animal Diseases (Fees) Determination 2008 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2008-144
made under the
Animal Diseases Act 2005, section 88 – Determination of fees

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 88 of the Animal Diseases Act 2005 permits the Minister to determine fees for the purposes of the Act.

This determination revokes the previous fee determination (DI 2007–137) that set fees for the 2007-2008 financial year and establishes fees from 1 July 2008.

The determination only sets a fee for the issuing of NLIS devices (as defined in the Animal Diseases Regulation 2006) 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 fees in accordance with the Wage Price Index estimate for 2008-09 of 4.25%, consistent with the Government’s announcement, made as part of the 2006-07 ACT Budget, on the indexing of government fees and charges.  The increased fee is rounded down to the nearest 5 cents.

The determination takes effect on 1 July 2008.