options was circulated to stakeholders on 19 January 2016. The preferred cost recovery arrangement for hazardous waste permitting is as follows: The full costs incurred by the Department that can be directly linked to assessing applications to be recovered through cost reflective permit fees. This includes separate fees for permits to transit, import, export for further processing and export for final disposal. A separate relodgement fee should also apply in cases where an applicant submits an incomplete application. The move to a cost reflective fee structure is to occur in two increments, with the first to apply from 1 July 2016 (subject to the $8000 legislative cap) and the second to apply from 1 July 2017 (subject to an amendment to the legislation to allow permit fees to exceed $8000). The remainder of the full costs incurred by the Department in operating the regulatory framework, but that cannot be linked to specific applicants, are to be recovered through a flat rate levy. This would apply to all new permit applications from 1 July 2017. Beyond July 2017, permit fees and the levy will be adjusted annually, based on movements in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), so that the fees remain broadly cost reflective over time. The costs incurred by the Department in providing policy advice to the Minister and negotiating international agreements should not be recovered. Arrangements for recovering the costs incurred by state and territory governments in assessing permit applications could be considered further in the future. These arrangements are summarised in Chart 1.3.1.
options was circulated to stakeholders on 19 January 2016. The preferred cost recovery arrangement for hazardous waste permitting is as follows: The full costs incurred by the Department that can be directly linked to assessing applications to be recovered through cost reflective permit fees. This includes separate fees for permits to transit, import, export for further processing and export for final disposal. A separate relodgement fee should also apply in cases where an applicant submits an incomplete application. The move to a cost reflective fee structure is to occur in two increments, with the first to apply from 1 July 2016 (subject to the $8000 legislative cap) and the second to apply from 1 July 2017 (subject to an amendment to the legislation to allow permit fees to exceed $8000). The remainder of the full costs incurred by the Department in operating the regulatory framework, but that cannot be linked to specific applicants, are to be recovered through a flat rate levy. This would apply to all new permit applications from 1 July 2017. Beyond July 2017, permit fees and the levy will be adjusted annually, based on movements in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), so that the fees remain broadly cost reflective over time. The costs incurred by the Department in providing policy advice to the Minister and negotiating international agreements should not be recovered. Arrangements for recovering the costs incurred by state and territory governments in assessing permit applications could be considered further in the future. These arrangements are summarised in Chart 1.3.1.
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