Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1993 No. 206 GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 40

40.1 After regulation 51, insert: Payment of charge on termination or transfer
of permission

"51A. (1) If a chargeable permission ceases to be in force, charge is payable,
before the end of 30 days after the day on which the permission so ceases, in
respect of the exercise of the permission since the end of the preceding
quarter and up to the end of the day of the cessation.

"(2) For the purpose of subregulation (1), a permission to which subregulation
19D (1) applies is taken not to have ceased to be in force unless, and until,
the application referred to in that subsection lapses under subregulation 10
(2), 13AE (2) or 13E (2) or regulation 32 or is refused.

"(3) If a holder's interest in a chargeable permission is transferred to
another person, charge is payable, on the day on which the transfer occurs, in
respect of the exercise of the permission since the end of the preceding
quarter and up to the end of the day of transfer.

"(4) For the purpose of subregulation (3), charge payable in respect of the
day on which transfer occurs is taken to be an amount equal to the average
charge payable in respect of each other day in the period referred to in that
subregulation. Overpayment of charge

"51B. Charge calculated under this Part to be payable by a permission holder
is reduced by an amount equal to the amount of any payment of charge
previously made by the holder that is determined by the Authority to exceed
the amount of charge properly payable by the holder.".