Australian Capital Territory
Roads and Public Places (Fees) Determination 2009 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2009–146
made under the
Roads and Public Places Act 1937, Section 9A (Determination of fees)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 9A of the Roads and Public Places Act 1937 (the Act) permits the Minister to determine fees for the Act.

This instrument revokes the previous fee determination DI2008–158 that set fees for the 2008-2009 financial year and establishes new fees from 1 July 2009.

This instrument increases fees in accordance with the Wage Price Index estimate for 2008-10 of 3.5%, 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 fees are rounded down to the nearest 5 cents.

The instrument also permits the waiver of fees for waste storage container permits (i.e. permits covered by part 3 of schedule 1) and general permits (i.e. permits covered by part 5 of schedule 1) associated with charitable and community purposes (such as the ACT Multicultural Festival, or the placing of a Red Cross van in a public place to solicit blood donations), where such purposes run for longer than a week.  It should be noted that a general permit for less than a week does not attract a fee, irrespective of the purpose for item’s placement – see item 5.4 of schedule 1.

The new fee determination takes effect on 1 July 2009.