Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 316I

316I Annual fee

(1) This section applies to the holder of an environmental authority for which an annual fee is prescribed by regulation.

(2) At least 20 business days before each anniversary day for the environmental authority, the administering authority must give the holder a written notice complying with subsection (3) (an
"annual notice" ).

(3) An annual notice must state—

(a) that the holder must pay the administering authority the appropriate annual fee, other than in a circumstance prescribed by regulation; and

(b) that the annual fee payable under the notice must be paid to the administering authority within a stated reasonable time, of at least 20 business days, after the day the notice is given; and

(c) that, if the holder does not comply with the notice, the environmental authority may be cancelled or suspended.

Note—

See section 278 in relation to cancellation or suspension of an environmental authority.

(4) If the holder does not pay the annual fee within the time stated for payment in the annual notice, the administering authority may recover the annual fee as a debt.

(5) A failure to give the notice by the time stated in subsection (2) does not invalidate or otherwise affect the validity of the notice.