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NATIONAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT 2012 (NO. 29, 2012) - SECT 34B

National Repository Capital Contribution Fee

             (1)  An entity wishing to use the facility, other than the following entities:

                     (a)  the Commonwealth;

                     (b)  the relevant State or Territory;

                     (c)  an authority of the Commonwealth or the relevant State or Territory;

must pay such fee (the Capital Contribution Fee ) as is prescribed by the regulations as a capital contribution towards the cost of the facility before being eligible to have radioactive waste accepted by the facility for storage, management or any other purpose .

             (2)  The Capital Contribution Fee is to be determined in the manner prescribed by the regulations.

             (3)  In this section:

"authority of the Commonwealth" means:

                     (a)  a body corporate established for a purpose of the Commonwealth by or under a law of the Commonwealth or a law of a Territory; or

                     (b)  an incorporated company in which the Commonwealth, or a body corporate referred to in paragraph (a), has a controlling interest.

"authority of the relevant State or Territory" means:

                     (a)  a body corporate established for a purpose of the relevant State or Territory by or under a law of the relevant State or Territory; or

                     (b)  an incorporated company in which the relevant State or Territory, or a body corporate referred to in paragraph (a), has a controlling interest.



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