PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2012 - REG 97 Fee for improvement notices and prohibition orders

PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2012 - REG 97

97 Fee for improvement notices and prohibition orders

(1) A person who is given an improvement notice or a prohibition order must, within 60 days after the notice is given, pay the prescribed fee to the relevant agency if the notice or order contains a requirement to do so.

(2) The relevant agency may--

(a) extend the time for payment of the fee, on the application of the person to whom the improvement notice or prohibition order was given, or

(b) waive payment of the whole or any part of the fee, on the relevant agency's own initiative or on the application of the person to whom the improvement notice or prohibition order was given.

(3) A person to whom an improvement notice or prohibition order is given must pay the fee required by this clause within the time provided under this clause.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(4) In this clause--


"prescribed fee" means--

(a) in the case of an improvement notice or a prohibition order given to an occupier of premises at which there is a regulated system--

(i) before 1 July 2013--$500, and

(ii) on or after 1 July 2013 and before 1 July 2014--$515, and

(iii) on or after 1 July 2014 and before 1 July 2015--$530, and

(iv) on or after 1 July 2015 and before 1 July 2016--$545, and

(v) on or after 1 July 2016--$560, or

(b) in any other case--

(i) before 1 July 2013--$250, and

(ii) on or after 1 July 2013 and before 1 July 2014--$255, and

(iii) on or after 1 July 2014 and before 1 July 2015--$260, and

(iv) on or after 1 July 2015 and before 1 July 2016--$265, and

(v) on or after 1 July 2016--$270.

"relevant agency" means--

(a) in the case of an improvement notice given by an authorised officer appointed by the Secretary or a prohibition order given by the Secretary--the Secretary, or

(b) in the case of an improvement notice given by an authorised officer appointed by a local government authority or a prohibition order given by a local government authority--the local government authority, or

(c) in the case of a prohibition order given by a General Manager of a council--the council.