Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Environment Protection Act 1970 - SECT 24A

Environment protection levy

24A. Environment protection levy





(1) Subject to and in accordance with this section, there is to be charged,
levied and collected by the Authority a levy at the rate of 3 per cent of the
licence fee payable under section 24 in respect of any scheduled premises
prescribed as a scheduled premises in respect of which the levy is required to
be paid.

(2) The levy is payable at the same time as the licence fee is payable under
section 24.

(3) The Authority may after having regard to the record of compliance with the
conditions applying to a licence in respect of any scheduled premises liable
to pay the levy, exempt those scheduled premises in whole or in part from the
payment of the levy as the Authority sees fit.

(4) If the levy in respect of any scheduled premises is not paid at the same
time as the licence fee is payable under section 24 the Authority must suspend
the licence or the application of the licence to the extent that it applies to
those premises until the levy is paid and the amount of the levy which is
outstanding shall bear interest at such rate per centum per annum as is
prescribed from time to time for the purposes of section 172(2) of the
Local Government Act 1989.