South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations25—Exemptions—Application fee for grant, authorisation fee for
grant or renewal and annual authorisation fee
(1) The application
fee for an exemption payable under section 38(1) of the Act is
43 fee units.
(2) However, if public
notice is to be given under section 39(1), or section 39(1)
and (2), of the Act in respect of the application, the amount otherwise
payable under subregulation (1) is increased by the amount determined by
the Authority to be the cost of publication of the notice but not
exceeding—
(a) if
the notice and other similar notices are to be published together by the
Authority—5 fee units; or
(b) in
any other case—20 fee units.
(3) The application
fee for the renewal of an exemption payable under section 43(2) of the
Act is 10 fee units.
(4) The authorisation
fee payable under section 40 or 43(5) of the Act, and the annual
authorisation fee payable under section 48 of the Act, for an exemption
will be at 1 of the following levels:
(a)
10 fee units;
(b) a
multiple of 10 fee units up to 100 units;
(c) 100
fee units;
(d) a
multiple of 100 fee units up to 2 500 units.
(5) The level of the
authorisation fee and annual authorisation fee for an exemption is to be
determined by the Authority at its discretion having regard to the following:
(a) the
factors specified in section 25(2) of the Act;
(b) any
relevant environment protection policy;
(c)
whether the applicant will be bound by an environment improvement programme;
(d) the
time of the day and the period for which the exemption will operate;
(e) the
number of people affected by, or the extent of any other environmental impact
of, the activity to which the exemption will relate;
(f) any
relevant matter arising under any of the following in relation to the location
of the activity to which the exemption will relate:
(i)
the Development Act 1993 or a Development Plan or
development authorisation under that Act;
(ii)
the
Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 , the Planning and
Design Code or a development authorisation under that Act;
(g) any
other matter considered relevant by the Authority.
Note—
An annual authorisation fee is only payable for an exemption granted or
renewed for a term of 2 or more years (see section 48 of the Act).