Australian Capital Territory
Water Resources (Fees) Determination 2009 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2009-109
made under the
Water Resources Act 2007, section 107 – Determination of fees

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 107 of the Water Resources Act 2007 (the Act) permits the Minister to determine fees for the purposes of the Act. 

This determination revokes the previous fee determination (DI2008–153) that set fees for the 2008-2009 financial year and establishes fees from 1 July 2009.

The determination:
•	increases most fees in accordance with the Wage Price Index estimate for 2009-10 of 3.50%, consistent with the Government’s announcement, made as part of the 2006-07 ACT Budget, on the indexing of government fees and charges;
•	removes the reference to a “defined area” in Schedule 1 from the “Licence to take water – abstraction fee for all water from surface water or groundwater”; and
•	removes Schedule 2 which provided a definition for “defined area”.

The increased fees are rounded down to the nearest 5 cents.

This determination takes effect from 1 July 2009.