Australian Capital Territory
Waste Minimisation (Landfill Fees) Determination 2013 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2013-66
Made under the
Waste Minimisation Act 2001, Section 45 - Determination of Fees

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 45 of the Waste Minimisation Act 2001 (the Act) allows for the responsible Minister to determine waste fees for the ACT.

This determination revokes the previous fee determination (DI2012–69) that set fees from 15 May 2012 and establishes new fees from 1 July 2013.

The determination increases fees in accordance with the Wage Price Index, 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 for cash handling purposes.

The Commonwealth Government have replaced the GST Division 81 determination based mechanism for exempting Australian taxes, fees and charges from the GST with specific legislation exemptions. The household waste fees which were previously exempt under the GST Division 81 determination have now been assessed as GST applicable and increased by 10% in addition to the Wage Price Index (WPI) increase.

The determination takes effect on from 1 July 2013.