Explosives Regulation 2017

The holder of an authority must pay a fee (a safety and health fee) for each reporting period to cover the cost of activities carried out for the purposes of safety and health for explosives.

The amount of the safety and health fee for a reporting period for an authority is stated in schedule 2, part 2.

The amount of the safety and health fee for a reporting period for an authority must be worked out using information included in the safety and health census given to the CEO by the holder of the authority under section 179 for the reporting period.

Subsection (5) applies if the holder of the authority gives the CEO a safety and health census under section 179 for a reporting period for the authority.

The CEO must give the holder of the authority an invoice for the amount of the safety and health fee for the reporting period for the authority—

if the reporting period is a financial year—before 30 August of the year; or

if the reporting period is a quarter ending on 30 September of a year—before 30 November of the year; or

if the reporting period is a quarter ending on 31 December of a year—before 1 March of the following year; or

if the reporting period is a quarter ending on 31 March of a year—before 31 May of the year; or

if the reporting period is a quarter ending on 30 June of a year—before 30 August of the year.

The invoice must state a day for payment that is at least 30 days after the day the CEO gives the holder of the authority the invoice.

The holder of the authority must pay the safety and health fee for the reporting period on or before the day for payment stated in the invoice. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

Subsection (5) does not apply if the CEO reasonably believes, based on information available to the CEO, that—

a safety and health census received—

contains information that is incorrect; or

is incomplete; or

Note—

See section 180.

no safety and health fee for the reporting period for the authority is payable under schedule 2, part 2.

Subsection (10) applies if—

the holder of an authority gives the CEO a safety and health census for a reporting period for the authority after the end of the period within which the census was required to be given under section 179; and

the CEO has not given the holder of the authority a notice mentioned in section 180(2) relating to the census.

The CEO must give the holder of the authority an invoice for the amount of the safety and health fee for the reporting period for the authority within 40 days after receiving the census.

The CEO’s failure to give an invoice within a period mentioned in subsection (5) or (10) does not affect the validity of an invoice given under this section.