Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies for—
(a) a registration certificate for which an annual fee is prescribed under a regulation; or
(b) an environmental authority for which an annual fee is prescribed under a regulation.
(2) At least 20 business days before each anniversary day for the registration certificate or environmental authority, the administering authority must give the registered operator or environmental authority holder a written notice (an annual notice).
(3) An annual notice must state—
(a) whether or not the administering authority requires the operator or holder to lodge an annual return in the approved form; and
(b) that the operator or holder must pay the authority the appropriate annual fee, other than in a circumstance prescribed under a regulation for this paragraph; and
(c) that the annual fee payable under the notice must be paid to the authority within a stated reasonable time, of at least 20 business days, after the day the notice is given; and
(d) that if the operator or holder does not comply with the notice, the registration certificate or environmental authority may be cancelled or suspended.
Editor's note—
See sections 73I (Cancelling or suspending a registration certificate) and 293 (Conditions for cancellation or suspension).
(4) The operator or holder must comply with the notice.
(5) If the operator or holder does not pay the annual fee within the time stated for payment in the annual notice, the administering authority may recover it as a debt.
(6) A failure to give the notice by the time stated in subsection (2) does not invalidate or otherwise affect the validity of the notice.