Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) No fee is payable under section 202 for a fee - bearing application (a waiver period application ) that:
(a) is made during the period (the waiver period ):
(i) beginning on 1 July 2020; and
(ii) ending on 30 June 2023; or
(b) is an EPBC referral deemed application that is taken to be made under section 37AB of the Act as a result of a referral mentioned in that section that occurs during the waiver period.
(2) Section 203 does not apply to a waiver period application.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) continue to apply in relation to a waiver period application after the end of the waiver period even if a new fee, or a different fee, would otherwise become payable under section 202 in relation to the application after the end of the period.
(4) The fee mentioned in item 8 of the table in subsection 205(1) is not payable in relation to a waiver period application even if the request mentioned in that item is made after the end of the waiver period.