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Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 51
The Regulations amend the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 1999 (the Principal Regulations) to increase the licence application fees charged by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) by 3.4 per cent.
The increase is to adjust ARPANSA’s licence application fees to recover increased labour costs and is in line with the Australian Bureau of Statistics headline Labour Price Index (excluding bonuses) as at 30 September 2010. The licence application fees were last increased in May 2010.
Under the Act, a Commonwealth entity, Commonwealth contractor or person in a prescribed Commonwealth place (“a controlled person”), is prohibited from undertaking certain conduct in relation to a ‘controlled facility’ unless that person is authorised to do so by a facility licence. The conduct that is prohibited is to prepare a site for; construct; possess and control; operate; or
de-commission or dispose of or abandon a controlled facility. A controlled facility is defined as either a nuclear installation or a prescribed radiation facility.
The Act also provides that a controlled person is prohibited from undertaking dealings with controlled material or controlled apparatus (collectively referred to as “sources”) unless that person is authorised to do so by a source licence. To “deal with” a source includes to possess or control the source; use or operate the source or dispose of the source.
Subsection 32(1) of the Act provides that the CEO of ARPANSA may issue a facility licence to a controlled person authorising that controlled person to undertake the otherwise prohibited action. Subsection 33(1) of the Act provides that the CEO of ARPANSA may issue a source licence to a controlled person authorising that controlled person to deal with a controlled apparatus or a controlled material.
Under the Act a controlled person may apply for a facility or source licence. An application for a licence must be in a form approved by the CEO and accompanied by such fee as is prescribed in the Principal Regulations.
Licence application fees are currently prescribed by regulations 40B, 40C and 40D and listed in Schedules 3A (Facility licence application fees – nuclear installations), 3B (Facility licence application fees – prescribed radiation facilities), and 3C (Source licence application fees) respectively of the Principal Regulations. The Regulations increase the licence application fees by 3.4 per cent.
ARPANSA undertook a preliminary assessment of the impact on businesses or individuals of the increase. The findings of the assessment were sent to the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR). The OBPR confirmed that the increase has little or no impact on businesses or individuals and therefore is no need to submit a Regulatory Impact Statement or Business Cost Calculator report. (OBPR Reference 12027). No consultation was undertaken as it was deemed that the increase was machinery in nature under Section 18 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 and therefore consultation was unnecessary.
Details of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1)
This regulation provides that the title of the Regulations is the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1).
Regulation 3 – Amendment of Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 1999
This regulation provides that the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 1999 (the Principal Regulations) be amended as set out in Schedule 1.
Item [1] – Schedule 3A
Schedule 3A lists the licence application fees for nuclear installations. The amendments in item 1 increase the application fee for each of the following things to be done under the licence as described below:
$149,625 to $154,712
$119,700 o $123,770
$59,850 to $61,885
$119,700 to $123,770
$478,800 to $495,079
$513,000 to $530,442
$11,970 to $12,377
$53,865 to $55,696
$285,000 to $294,690
$342,000 to $353,628
$179,550 to $185,655
$107,730 to $111,393
Item [2] – Schedule 3B, Part 1
Schedule 3B, Part 1 lists the facility licence application fees for prescribed radiation facilities. The amendments in item 2 increase the application fee for each kind of prescribed radiation facility as described below:
Item [3] – Schedule 3B, Part 2
Schedule 3B, Part 2 lists the facility licence application fees for certain activities in respect of prescribed radiation facilities. The amendments in item 3 increase the application fee for each of the following things to be done under the licence as described below:
Item [4] – Schedule 3C, Part 2
For purposes of source licence application fees, controlled material and controlled apparatus have been divided into three groups, namely Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3, in ascending order of risk to people and the environment. The three groups are listed in Schedule 3C, Part 1. Schedule 3C, Part 2 lists source licence application fees according to the number of controlled material or controlled apparatus from each group that will be in the same location and which is covered by the same licence application. The amendments in item 4 increase the licence application fees for each group as described below: