Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 159

         (1)   The charge payable by the holder of a chargeable permission for the operation of a land-based outfall for the discharge of waste that is sewage is:

                (a)    if the sewage has received primary, secondary and tertiary treatment -- $400.00 per quarter; or

               (b)    if the sewage has received primary and secondary treatment only:

                          (i)    $400.00 per quarter; and

                         (ii)    an amount calculated under the formula:

where:

"N" is the concentration, expressed as milligrams per litre, of all forms of nitrogen assessed to be discharged in the quarter; and

"P" is the concentration, expressed as milligrams per litre, of all forms of phosphorus assessed to be discharged in the quarter; and

"V" is the total volume of sewage, expressed in megalitres, discharged in the quarter.

         (2)   For the purpose of subparagraph (1) (b) (ii), an assessment must be made only in accordance with samples of discharge analysed by a laboratory registered under the rules of the National Association of Testing Authorities for analyses of that kind.

         (3)   Charge is payable by the holder of the permission to the Authority on behalf of the Commonwealth in April, July, October and January in respect of the exercise of the permission in the preceding quarter.