Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2020 (WA)
26 June 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2127 MINERALS AND PETROLEUM
MP301
Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004
Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994
Mining Act 1978
Offshore Minerals Act 2003
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967
Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Registration Fees)
Act 1967
Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Registration Fees Act 1982
Mines and Petroleum Regulations Amendment
(Fees and Charges) Regulations 2020
SL 2020/93
Made by the Governor in Executive Council.
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Citation
These regulations are the Mines and Petroleum Regulations
Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2020.2. Commencement
These regulations come into operation as follows —
(a) Part 1 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b) the rest of the regulations — on 1 July 2020.
Part 2 — Dangerous Goods Safety (Major Hazard
Facilities) Regulations 2007 amended
3. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Dangerous Goods Safety (Major Hazard
Facilities) Regulations 2007.
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4. Schedule 3 replaced
Delete Schedule 3 and insert:
Schedule 3 — Fees
[r. 26 and 34]
1. Fees for approval of safety reports (r. 26)
The relevant fee to be paid under regulation 26 for an
application for approval of a safety report for a major hazard
facility is the fee in the Table relevant to the class of the
facility.
Table
Class of facility under r. 33 Fee ($) Class A 115 000 Class B 92 000 Class C 92 000 Class D 20 000 2. Annual fees for major hazard facilities (r. 34)
The relevant annual fee to be paid under regulation 34 in
respect of a major hazard facility is the fee in the Table
relevant to the class of the facility.
Table
Class of facility under r. 33 Fee ($) Class A 115 000 Class B 92 000 Class C 92 000 Class D 20 000 Part 3 — Mines Safety and Inspection Levy
Regulations 2010 amended
5. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Mines Safety and Inspection Levy
Regulations 2010.
26 June 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2129 6. Regulation 8 amended
In regulation 8 in the description of the variable “R” delete
paragraph (h) and insert:
(h) for a quarter that begins on or after 1 July 2018 and ends on or before 30 June 2020 — $0.21;
(i) for a quarter that begins on or after
1 July 2020 — $0.17.
Part 4 — Mining Regulations 1981 amended
7. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Mining Regulations 1981.
8. Schedule 2 replaced
Delete Schedule 2 and insert:
Schedule 2 — Fees and rents
[r. 2, 4D(2), 16C(2), 23BA(2), 25B, 28A(1), 64(1b), (1C) and (8),
84D, 109(1), (3) and (3A), 121(2), 163(2) and (4) and 165(7)(f)]
Item Description $ 1. Annual rent of existing exploration licence per square kilometre or part of 1 square
kilometre —
(a) for years 1 to 7 of the term of the
licence 59.50
(b) for year 8, and each subsequent year, of
the term of the licence 198.00 2. Annual rent of graticular exploration
licence —
(a) 1 block licence applied for after
1 July 1999 369.00
(b) all other licences, per block —
(i) for years 1 to 3 of the term of the
licence 141.00 (ii) for years 4 and 5 of the term of
the licence 238.00 (iii) for years 6 and 7 of the term of
the licence 325.00 (iv) for year 8, and each subsequent
year, of the term of the licence 615.00
3. Annual rent of general purpose lease per hectare or part of 1 hectare
17.90
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Item Description $ 4. Annual rent of miscellaneous licence per
hectare or part of 1 hectare —
(a) for the purpose referred to in
regulation 42B(ia) 0.55
(b) for any other purpose 17.90 5. Annual rent of prospecting licence per hectare
or part of 1 hectare (minimum $29.50) 3.00 6. Annual rent of retention licence per hectare or
part of 1 hectare 8.90 7. Annual rent of lease granted under the Mining Act 1904, either pursuant to or continued in force by virtue of an agreement scheduled to, incorporated in, or appearing in an Act or a variation of such an agreement, per hectare or
part of 1 hectare 20.00 8. Annual rent of mining lease per hectare or
part of 1 hectare 20.00 9. Annual rent of mining lease per hectare or part of 1 hectare where the lease is restricted under section 110 to minerals dissolved in
brine —
(a) for years 1 to 5 of the initial term of the
lease 2.40
(b) for year 6, and each subsequent year, of
the initial term of the lease 4.70 (c) if the lease is renewed or further renewed, for each year of the further
term of the lease 4.70 10. Application fee for —
(a) exploration licence —
(i) 1 block 394.00 (ii) more than 1 block 1 580.00
(b) general purpose lease 551.00 (c) mining lease 551.00 (d) miscellaneous licence 551.00
(e) permit under section 40E r. 4D(2) 94.50 (f) prospecting licence 374.00 (g) retention licence 906.00 11. Application fee for approval of retention
status 329.00 12. Copy of all or part of document or report
(per copy) r. 25B 10.60
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Item Description $ 13. Copy of —
(a) entry in the register (per tenement) r. 84D 10.60
(b) dealing or other instrument (per
tenement) r. 84D 10.60
14. Certification of a document r. 109 8.70 15. Exemption from expenditure conditions —
(a) 1 year exemption for —
(i) prospecting licence r. 54 428.00 (ii) exploration licence r. 54 486.00 (iii) mining lease r. 54 397.00 (b)
5 year exemption for mining lease r. 54 1 980.00 16. Issue of —
(a) instrument of licence s. 116 43.50 (b) miner’s right s. 40C 28.00 17.
Partial surrender of a mining tenement r. 45 132.00 18. Application for permit to enter private land
(per lot or location affected — minimum
$34.50) r. 5 8.70 19. Private land — application to bring under
the Act r. 8 28.00 20. Registration or recording of instruments
(per tenement affected where applicable) —
(a) application for copy document r. 105 132.00 (b) caveat r. 76 132.00 (c) judgment/order of court r. 109 132.00 (d) mortgage r. 77 132.00 (e) notice of seizure r. 109 132.00 (f) tax memorial s. 103C 132.00 (g) transfer of mining tenement r. 75 132.00
(h) withdrawal of memorial s. 103C 8.70 21. Copy of front page of Form 5, together with
either Attachment 1 — “Summary of Mineral
Exploration/Mining Activities” orAttachment 2 — “Summary of Prospecting and/or Small Scale Mining Activities”, as the
case may be r. 96(3) 10.60 22. Fees relating to proceedings under Parts VII
and VIII —
(a)
for entering a plaint or an application, excluding service fee, but including the issue of summons for each respondent
and all necessary witness summonses 74.00
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Item Description $
(b) response and all necessary witness
summonses 51.50 (c) all necessary applications and
affidavits 7.40 (d) order made by warden including an
order for an injunction 22.50 (e) copy of —
(i) evidence — per page 10.60
(ii) a judgment, decision or order —
per page 1.40
(f) taxation of bill of costs $0.05 in each
amount of $1.00 on
amount of lodged
bill (minimum fee$10.00) — however where the lodged
bill exceeds $1 000
the fee is reduced to
$0.025 in each
$1.00 for theexcess, plus $50.00
Part 5 — Offshore Minerals Regulations 2010 amended
9. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Offshore Minerals Regulations 2010.
10. Schedule 2 replaced
Delete Schedule 2 and insert:
Schedule 2 — Fees
[r. 20]
Item Description Fee ($) 1. Exploration licence —
(a) standard block licence application (s. 56(1)) 3 000.00 (b) tender block licence application (s. 78(1)) 3 000.00 (c) renewal application (s. 106(1)) 600.00 2. Retention licence —
(a) licence application (s. 139(1)) 3 000.00
(b) renewal application (s. 163(1)) 600.00
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Item Description Fee ($) 3. Mining licence —
(a) standard block licence application (s. 201(1)) 3 000.00 (b) tender block licence application (s. 222(1)) 3 000.00 (c) renewal application (s. 240(1)) 600.00 4. Works licence —
(a) licence application (s. 272(1)) 3 000.00
(b) renewal application (s. 292(1)) 600.00 5.
Special purpose consent application (s. 319(1)) 300.00 6.
Inspection of register and documents (s. 332(1)) 26.50 7.
Registration of transfer (s. 338(1)(f )) 66.00 8.
Registration of other dealing (s. 339(1)(d)) 164.00 9.
Devolution of licence (s. 340(1)(d)) 164.00 10.
Caveat (s. 344) 164.00 11. Certified copy of or extract from register (s. 357(4))
(per page) 6.60 12.
Certified copy of document (s. 358(1)) (per page) 6.60 13.
Certificate (s. 359(1)) 66.00 14.
Approval of transfer application (s. 363(6)) 164.00 Part 6 — Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources
(Registration Fees) Regulations 1990 amended
11. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy
Resources (Registration Fees) Regulations 1990.12. Regulation 3 amended
(1) In regulation 3(1) and (2) delete “$5 724.00.” and insert: $6 010.00. (2) In regulation 3(3) delete “$8 707.00.” and insert: $9 140.00.
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(3) In regulation 3(4) delete “$5 724.00.” and insert: $6 010.00. (4) In regulation 3(5) delete “$8 707.00.” and insert: $9 140.00. Part 7 — Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources
Regulations 1987 amended
13. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy
Resources Regulations 1987.14. Regulation 3 amended
(1) In regulation 3(2) delete “$135.00” and insert: $142.00 (2) In regulation 3(6) delete “$875.00.” and insert: $919.00. (3) In regulation 3(7) delete “$19 050.00.” and insert: $20 000.00. (4) In regulation 3(8) delete “$16 532.00.” and insert: $17 400.00. 15. Schedule 1 replaced
Delete Schedule 1 and insert:
Schedule 1 — Prescribed fees
[r. 3(1)]
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Provision of Act Amount of prescribed fee ($)
1. s. 31(1)(f) 7 190.00 26 June 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2135
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Item Provision of Act Amount of prescribed fee ($)
2. s. 34(1)(a) 7 190.00 3. s. 37A(2)(e) 7 190.00 4. s. 40(2)(c) 7 190.00 5. s. 43B(1)(f) 7 190.00 6. s. 43F(3)(d) 7 190.00 7. s. 48A(2)(e) 7 190.00 8. s. 48CA(3)(d) 7 190.00 9. s. 48F(2)(d) 7 190.00 10. s. 51(1)(e) 7 190.00 11. s. 58(1)(a) 7 190.00 12. s. 61(2)(e) 7 190.00 13. s. 64(2)(d) 7 190.00 14. s. 73(2) 142.00 15. s. 73(3)(b) 142.00 16. s. 80(1) 142.00 17. s. 81(3) 142.00 18. s. 105(2)(d) 7 190.00 19. s. 137(a) 2 400.00 Part 8 — Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources
(Resource Management and Administration)
Regulations 2015 amended
16. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy
Resources (Resource Management and Administration)
Regulations 2015.
17. Regulation 94 amended
In regulation 94(2) and (3) delete “$135.00” and insert:
$142.00
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18. Regulation 98 amended
In regulation 98(2) and (3) delete “$135.00” and insert:
$142.00
Part 9 — Petroleum Pipelines Regulations 1970
amended
19. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Petroleum Pipelines Regulations 1970.
20. Regulation 4B amended
In regulation 4B delete “$217.00.” and insert:
$228.00.
21. Third Schedule replaced
Delete the Third Schedule and insert:
Third Schedule — Fees
[r. 4]
Item Purpose Provision Fee of Act ($) 1. Application for licence s. 8(l)(j) 7 190.00 2. Application for variation of licence s. 15(2)(d) 7 190.00 3. Registration of memorandum of
transfer and name of transferee s. 44(9) 142.00 4. Registration as licensee on
devolution by operation of law s. 45(2) 142.00 5. Application by company licensee for
registration of change of name s. 45(3) 142.00 6. Entry on memorial of registration of
approval of dealing s. 47(12) 142.00 7.
Inspection of register s. 52(1) 142.00 8. Copies of or extracts from the register or of or from an instrument
certified by Minister s. 53(2) 142.00
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Item Purpose Provision Fee of Act ($) 9. Certificate by Minister as to entry, matter or things under the Act s. 53(3) 142.00 Part 10 — Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Registration
Fees Regulations 1990 amended
22. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Petroleum (Submerged Lands)
Registration Fees Regulations 1990.23. Regulation 3 amended
(1) In regulation 3(1) and (2) delete “$5 724.00.” and insert: $6 010.00. (2) In regulation 3(3) delete “$8 707.00.” and insert: $9 140.00. (3) In regulation 3(4) delete “$5 724.00.” and insert: $6 010.00. (4) In regulation 3(5) delete “$8 707.00.” and insert: $9 140.00. Part 11 — Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Regulations 1990 amended
24. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Petroleum (Submerged Lands)
Regulations 1990.25. Regulation 3 amended
(1) In regulation 3(2) delete “$135.00” and insert: $142.00
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(2) In regulation 3(6) delete “$2 288.00.” and insert: $2 400.00. (3) In regulation 3(7) delete “$875.00.” and insert: $919.00. (4) In regulation 3(8) delete “$19 050.00.” and insert: $20 000.00. (5) In regulation 3(9) and (10) delete “$16 532.00.” and insert: $17 400.00. 26. Schedule 1 replaced
Delete Schedule 1 and insert:
Schedule 1 — Prescribed fees
[r. 3(1)]
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Provision of Act Amount of prescribed fee ($)
1. s. 21(1)(f) 7 190.00 2. s. 24(1)(a) 7 190.00 3. s. 30(2)(c) 7 190.00 4. s. 38A(2)(e) 7 190.00 5. s. 38CA(2)(d) 7 190.00 6. s. 38F(2)(d) 7 190.00 7. s. 41(1)(e) 7 190.00 8. s. 48(1)(a) 7 190.00 9. s. 51(2)(e) 7 190.00 10. s. 54(2)(d) 7 190.00 11. s. 60B(2)(d) 7 190.00
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Provision of Act Amount of prescribed fee ($)
12. s. 60J(2)(d) 7 190.00 13. s. 64(1)(f) 7 190.00 14. s. 71(2)(e) 7 190.00 15. s. 79(2) 142.00 16. s. 79(3)(b) 142.00 17. s. 86(1) 142.00 18. s. 87(3) 142.00 19. s. 111(2)(d) 7 190.00 20. s. 141 228.00
Part 12 — Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Resource
Management and Administration)
Regulations 2015 amended
27. Regulations amended
This Part amends the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Resource
Management and Administration) Regulations 2015.28. Regulation 93 amended
In regulation 93(2) and (3) delete “$135.00” and insert:
$142.00
29. Regulation 97 amended
In regulation 97(2) and (3) delete “$135.00” and insert:
$142.00
N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
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