Agriculture and Fisheries Legislation (Fee Unit Conversion) Amendment Regulation 2022

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Agriculture and Fisheries Legislation (Fee Unit Conversion) Amendment Regulation 2022.

2Commencement

This regulation commences on 8 May 2022.

3Regulation amended

This part amends the Agricultural Chemicals Distribution Control Regulation 2021.

4Amendment of sch 5 (Fees)

Schedule 5, ‘$’—
omit, insert—

Fee units

5Regulation amended

This part amends the Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2012.

6Amendment of sch 5 (Fees)

Schedule 5, ‘$’—
omit, insert—

Fee units

7Regulation amended

This part amends the Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Regulation 2019.

8Amendment of sch 1 (Fees)

Schedule 1, ‘$’—
omit, insert—

Fee units

9Regulation amended

This part amends the Biosecurity Regulation 2016.

10Amendment of sch 10 (Fees)

Schedule 10, ‘$’—
omit, insert—

Fee units

11Regulation amended

This part amends the Brands Regulation 2012.

12Amendment of sch 7 (Fees)

Schedule 7, ‘$’—
omit, insert—

Fee units

13Regulation amended

This part amends the Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Regulation 2017.

14Amendment of s 37 (Hourly fee)

(1)Section 37(2)(a), ‘$52.40’—
omit, insert—

52.40 fee units

(2)Section 37(2)(b), ‘$78.90’—
omit, insert—

78.90 fee units

(3)Section 37(3), ‘$105.30’—
omit, insert—

105.30 fee units

15Regulation amended

This part amends the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987.

16Amendment of s 28A (Monitoring fees—Act, s 110G)

(1)Section 28A(1), ‘stated in’—
omit, insert—

provided for in this section and

(2)Section 28A(3) to (5)—
omit, insert—

(3)In addition to the monitoring fee stated in schedule 8E, item 8, the holder of the relevant authority must pay—

(a)the fee worked out under subsection (4) for an inspector monitoring the activities to travel between the inspector’s usual place of work and the place where the activities are monitored; and

(b)if, for monitoring the activities, an inspector takes a sample of cannabis for analysis to determine the THC concentration of the sample—the reasonable cost of analysing the sample.

(4)For subsection (3)(a), the fee must be worked out at the rate stated in schedule 8E, item 8 for the time taken for the travel up to a maximum of 2 hours in a day.

17Amendment of sch 8E (Fees)

(1)Schedule 8E, ‘$’—
omit, insert—

Fee units

(2)Schedule 8E, item 8, note 2—
omit, insert—

2See section 28A(3) and (4) in relation to the fee for an inspector’s travel and the cost of analysis of a sample of cannabis for monitoring an activity.

18Regulation amended

This part amends the Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019.

19Amendment of sch 5 (Fees for resource allocation authorities and fish movement exemption notices)

Schedule 5, ‘$’—
omit, insert—

Fee units

20Amendment of sch 6 (Other fees)

(1)Schedule 6, ‘$’—
omit, insert—

Fee units

(2)Schedule 6, part 2, heading, East coast trawl fishery, entry for effort unit for a trawl region, ‘0.4165’—
omit, insert—

0.42

(3)Schedule 6, part 2, heading, Commercial crab fisheries, entry for C2-ITQ unit, ‘1.0404’—
omit, insert—

1.04

(4)Schedule 6, part 2, heading, Hand-harvest fisheries, entry for O fishery symbol, ‘69.3588/area’—
omit, insert—

69.36/area

(5)Schedule 6, part 2, heading, Hand-harvest fisheries, entries for B1B-ITQ unit, B1W-ITQ unit, B1O-ITQ unit and J1-ITQ unit, ‘0.138717’—
omit, insert—

0.14

(6)Schedule 6, part 2, heading, Hand-harvest fisheries, entries for DO-ITQ unit and DS-ITQ unit, ‘0.069358’—
omit, insert—

0.07

(7)Schedule 6, part 2, heading, Hand-harvest fisheries, entry for R-ITQ unit, ‘0.4165/unit’—
omit, insert—

0.42/unit

(8)Schedule 6, part 2, heading, Other commercial fisheries, entries for SM unit, OS line unit and RTE line unit, ‘0.2080’—
omit, insert—

0.21

(9)Schedule 6, part 2, heading, Other commercial fisheries, entry for T4-ITQ unit, ‘0.03885’—
omit, insert—

0.04

(10)Schedule 6, part 2, heading, Other commercial fisheries, entry for CT line unit, ‘0.4165’—
omit, insert—

0.42

21Regulation amended

This part amends the Food Production (Safety) Regulation 2014.

22Amendment of s 29 (Fees for accreditation—Act, s 44)

(1)Section 29(1) to (3)—
omit, insert—

(1)For section 44(2)(b)(i) of the Act, the fee prescribed is—

(a)for a grant of an accreditation—the total of—

(i)the application fee mentioned in schedule 1, part 1, division 1 that is in force on 1 January in the year in which the accreditation starts; and

(ii)the accreditation fee in force on 1 January in the year in which the accreditation starts; or

(b)for a renewal of an accreditation—the accreditation fee in force on 1 January in the year in which the term of the renewed accreditation starts.

(2)Section 29(6)—
omit, insert—

(6)In this section—

accreditation fee, for a grant or renewal of an accreditation, means the fee mentioned in schedule 1, part 1, division 2, column 3 opposite the accreditation activity mentioned in part 1, division 2, column 1 of the schedule that is proposed to be, or is being, carried out under the accreditation.

(3)Section 29(4) to (6)—
renumber as section 29(2) to (4).

23Replacement of s 31 (Fees for approval as auditor—Act, s 60)

Section 31—
omit, insert—

31Fees for approval as auditor—Act, s 60

(1)For section 60(2)(b) of the Act, the fee prescribed is—

(a)for an approval as an auditor—the total of—

(i)the application fee mentioned in schedule 1, part 2 that is in force on 1 January in the year in which the approval starts; and

(ii)the auditor approval fee mentioned in schedule 1, part 2 that is in force on 1 January in the year in which the approval starts; or

(b)for a renewal of an approval as an auditor—the auditor approval fee mentioned in schedule 1, part 2 that is in force on 1 January in the year in which the term of the renewed approval starts.

(2)An application fee paid under this section is not refundable.

24Amendment of s 33 (Payment of renewal fee)

Section 33(2), ‘section 29(4)’—
omit, insert—

section 29(2)

25Replacement of sch 1 (Fees)

Schedule 1—
omit, insert—

Schedule 1 Fees

sections 29 and 31

Part 1 Fees for accreditation

Division 1 Application fee

	Column 1		Column 2
			Fee units
1	Application fee		171.60

Division 2 Accreditation fees

	Column 1	Column 2		Column 3
	Accreditation activity	Food safety scheme for the accreditation		Fee units
1	Accredited processing activity—
	(a)  if carried out on or from meat retail premises or a meat retail vehicle	meat scheme		549.70
	(b)  if carried out for the exportation of scheme produce	dairy scheme meat scheme		8,595.75
	(c)  otherwise	dairy scheme egg scheme meat scheme seafood scheme		1,718.65
2	Accredited producing activity	dairy scheme egg scheme meat scheme seafood scheme		429.45
3	Temperature controlled storage	meat scheme seafood scheme		309.10
4	Transporting	meat scheme		309.10
5	Wild animal harvesting	meat scheme seafood scheme		309.10
6	Another accreditation activity for which a fee is not already prescribed under items 1 to 5	dairy scheme egg scheme meat scheme seafood scheme		291.80

Part 2 Fees for approval as auditor

	Column 1		Column 2
			Fee units
1	Application fee		171.60
2	Auditor approval fee		601.35

26Regulation amended

This part amends the Veterinary Surgeons Regulation 2016.

27Amendment of sch 3 (Fees)

Schedule 3, ‘$’—
omit, insert—

Fee units