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MELBOURNE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT (ENVIRONMENT MITIGATION LEVY) ACT 2020 (NO. 1 OF 2020) - SECT 22

Amount of environment mitigation levy

    (1)     If an event specified in column 2 of the Table in section 21 occurs in the 2020/2021 financial year in relation to levy land specified in column 3 of that Table opposite that event, the amount of the environment mitigation levy imposed under that section is the sum of any one or more of the following amounts ( component levy amounts )—

        (a)     if that land is covered by any Golden Sun Moth habitat area—the amount determined by applying the rate of $10 005 per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Golden Sun Moth habitat area;

        (b)     if that land is covered by any Growling Grass Frog habitat area—the amount determined by applying the rate of $7846 per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Growling Grass Frog habitat area;

        (c)     if that land is covered by any Matted Flax-lily habitat area—the amount determined by applying the rate of $11 351 per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Matted Flax-lily habitat area;

        (d)     if that land is covered by any Native vegetation area—the amount determined by applying the rate of $113 441 per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Native vegetation area;

        (e)     if on that land there are one or more Scattered tree locations—an amount of $15 768 for every Scattered tree location on that land;

        (f)     if that land is covered by any Southern Brown Bandicoot habitat area when that event occurs—the amount determined by applying the rate of $4138 per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Southern Brown Bandicoot habitat area;

        (g)     if that land is covered by any Spiny Rice-flower habitat area—an amount determined by applying the rate of $8522 per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Spiny Rice-flower habitat area;

    (2)     If an event specified in column 2 of the Table in section 21 occurs in the 2021/2022 financial year, or in any financial year after that year, in relation to levy land specified in column 3 of that Table opposite that event, the amount of the environment mitigation levy imposed under that section is the sum of any one or more of the following amounts ( component levy amounts )—

        (a)     if that land is covered by any Golden Sun Moth habitat area—the amount determined by applying the applicable rate per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Golden Sun Moth habitat area;

        (b)     if that land is covered by any Growling Grass Frog habitat area—the amount determined by applying the applicable rate per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Growling Grass Frog habitat area;

        (c)     if that land is covered by any Matted Flax-lily habitat area—the amount determined by applying the applicable rate per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Matted Flax-lily habitat area;

        (d)     if that land is covered by any Native vegetation area—the amount determined by applying the applicable rate per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Native vegetation area;

        (e)     if on that land there are one or more Scattered tree locations—the amount determined by applying the applicable rate for every Scattered tree location on that land;

        (f)     if that land is covered by any Southern Brown Bandicoot habitat area—the amount determined by applying the applicable rate per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Southern Brown Bandicoot habitat area;

        (g)     if that land is covered by any Spiny Rice-flower habitat area—the amount determined by applying the applicable rate per hectare for every hectare of that land covered by the Spiny Rice-flower habitat area.

    (3)     For the purposes of this section, if land specified in column 3 of the Table in section 21 is covered by an area that the environment mitigation dataset describes and labels as a composite of any one or more habitat areas (a "composite area")—

        (a)     the land is taken to be covered by each of the habitat areas composing that composite area; and

        (b)     the area of coverage for each habitat area is taken to be the area of the composite area.

Note

See also section 4(a)(i)(G).

    (4)     For the purposes of calculating the amount of a component levy amount under subsection (1) or (2), the area of land specified in column 3 of the Table in section 21 in hectares that is covered by any habitat area mentioned in that subsection is to be rounded off to the third decimal point.

    (5)     In this section—

"applicable rate", for the 2021/2022 financial year and every financial year after that year, means the rate (in dollars) determined in accordance with Schedule 2.



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