South Australia
Environment Protection (Fees) Variation Regulations 2014
under the Environment Protection Act 1993

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Variation provisions
Part 2—Variation of Environment Protection Regulations 2009
4	Substitution of regulation 4
4	Monetary value of fee unit
5	Variation of regulation 70—Waste depot levy (section 113)
6	Substitution of Schedule 4
Schedule 4—Miscellaneous fees

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Environment Protection (Fees) Variation Regulations 2014.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 1 July 2014.
3—Variation provisions
In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Environment Protection Regulations 2009
4—Substitution of regulation 4
Regulation 4—delete the regulation and substitute:
4—Monetary value of fee unit
In these regulations, the monetary value of a fee unit is as follows:
	(a)	for the purposes of the annual authorisation fee for a licence (including a projected annual authorisation fee under regulation 27(4) and (5))—
	(i)	for the flat fee component—$60.50;
	(ii)	for the environment management component—$640.00;
	(iii)	for the pollutant load‑based component—$5.95;
	(iv)	for the water reuse component—$15.10;
	(b)	for the purposes of the waste depot levy under regulation 70(1)(a)—$14.60;
	(c)	for all other purposes—$18.90.
5—Variation of regulation 70—Waste depot levy (section 113)
	(1)	Regulation 70(1)(a)(i)—delete "1.655" and substitute:
1.781
	(2)	Regulation 70(1)(a)(ii)—delete "1.655" and substitute:
1.781
	(3)	Regulation 70(1)(a)(iii)—delete "3.31" and substitute:
3.562
	(4)	Regulation 70(1)(b)—delete "0.9756" and substitute:
1.241
6—Substitution of Schedule 4
Schedule 4—delete the Schedule and substitute:
Schedule 4—Miscellaneous fees

1	Application for approval of the transfer of an environmental authorisation (section 49(5) of the Act)—		
		(a)	if the authorisation fee last paid or payable was less than $1 000	5 fee units	
		(b)	if the authorisation fee last paid or payable was not less than $1 000 but not more than $1 999	10 fee units	
		(c)	if the authorisation fee last paid or payable was not less than $2 000 but not more than $4 999	20 fee units	
		(d)	if the authorisation fee last paid or payable was not less than $5 000 but not more than $9 999	30 fee units	
		(e)	if the authorisation fee last paid or payable was not less than $10 000 but not more than $49 999	50 fee units	
		(f)	if the authorisation fee last paid or payable was $50 000 or more	100 fee units	
2	Beverage container approvals and annual fees (Part 8 Division 2 of the Act)—		
		(a)	application for approval of a class of containers as category A or category B containers (section 68 of the Act)—		
		(i)	for 1 class of container	15 fee units	
		(ii)	for 2 to 5 classes of container (inclusive)	25 fee units	
		(iii)	for 6 to 10 classes of container (inclusive)	37 fee units	
		(iv)	for 11 to 20 classes of container (inclusive)	61 fee units	
		(v)	for more than 20 classes of container	109 fee units	
		(b)	application for approval to operate a collection depot (section 69 of the Act)—		
		(i)	for a collection depot other than a reverse vending machine	7 fee units	
		(ii)	for a reverse vending machine	18 fee units	
		(c)	application for approval to carry on business as a super collector (section 69 of the Act)	43 fee units	
		(d)	annual fee for operating a collection depot (section 69A of the Act)—		
		(i)	for a collection depot within metropolitan Adelaide	15 fee units	
		(ii)	for a collection depot outside metropolitan Adelaide	7.5 fee units	
		(e)	annual fee for carrying on business as a super collector (section 69A of the Act)	32 fee units	
3	Accreditation as site contamination auditor (section 103V of the Act and Part 5 Division 2 of these regulations)—		
		(a)	application for accreditation (regulation 54)	$460.00	
		(b)	grant of accreditation (regulation 55) or renewal of accreditation (regulation 59)	$4 731.00	
		(c)	annual fee for accreditation (regulation 58)	$2 737.00	
		(d)	replacement of certificate of accreditation or identity card (regulation 62)	$60.50	
4	Inspection of the register (section 109(5) of the Act)—		
		(a)	each manual inspection	1 fee unit	
		(b)	each inspection requiring access to a computer—		
		(i)	for the first 10 minutes (or part of that 10 minutes) of access	1 fee unit	
		(ii)	for each additional 10 minutes (or part of that 10 minutes) of access	1 fee unit	
5	Copy of part of the register (section 109(6) of the Act)—		
		(a)	first page	$4.85	
		(b)	each additional page	$1.65	
Note—
As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.
Made by the Governor
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
on 19 June 2014
No 82 of 2014
14MSECCS018