Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Regulations 2018

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Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Regulations 2018

In force

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Contents

1Name#

This instrument is the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Regulations 2018.

3Authority#

This instrument is made under the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998.

5Definitions#

(1)In this instrument:

Act means the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998.

ARPANS Act means the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998.

ARPANS Regulations means the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 2018.

(2)An expression used in this instrument that is defined in the ARPANS Act or the ARPANS Regulations has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in that Act or those regulations.

Part 2 · Annual charge for facility licences

6Charge for a financial year for a facility licence#

For the purposes of subsection 4(2) of the Act, this Part prescribes the amount of the charge for a financial year for a facility licence.

Note 1: Division 5 prescribes the total charge for a financial year for all facility licences held in certain names, and has effect despite Divisions 2, 3 and 4.

Note 2: Division 7 of Part 5 of the ARPANS Regulations provides for the time for payment of the annual charge, pro-rating and refunds.

Division 2 · Facility licences for nuclear installations

7Facility licences for nuclear installations#

The amount of the charge for a financial year for a facility licence authorising an act relating to a controlled facility described in an item of the following table is the amount set out in the item.

Annual charges for facility licences for nuclear installations
	Act authorised by licence	Amount ($)
1	Preparing a site for a nuclear reactor designed:(a) for research or production of radioactive materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and(b) to have maximum thermal power less than 1 megawatt	27,988
2	Constructing a nuclear reactor designed:(a) for research or production of radioactive materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and(b) to have maximum thermal power less than 1 megawatt	69,980
3	Possessing or controlling a nuclear reactor:(a) for research or production of radioactive materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and(b) with maximum thermal power less than 1 megawatt	27,988
4	Operating a nuclear reactor:(a) for research or production of radioactive materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and(b) with maximum thermal power less than 1 megawatt	139,964
5	Decommissioning, disposing of or abandoning a nuclear reactor that:(a) was used for research or production of radioactive materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and(b) had maximum thermal power less than 1 megawatt	69,980
6	Preparing a site for a nuclear reactor designed:(a) for research or production of radioactive materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and(b) to have maximum thermal power at least 1 megawatt	55,984
7	Constructing a nuclear reactor designed:(a) for research or production of radioactive materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and(b) to have maximum thermal power at least 1 megawatt	139,964
8	Possessing or controlling a nuclear reactor:(a) for research or production of radioactive materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and(b) with maximum thermal power at least 1 megawatt	139,964
9	Operating a nuclear reactor:(a) for research or production of radioactive materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and(b) with maximum thermal power at least 1 megawatt	1,077,728
10	Decommissioning, disposing of or abandoning a nuclear reactor that:(a) was used for research or production of radioactive materials for industrial or medical use (including critical and subcritical assemblies); and(b) had maximum thermal power at least 1 megawatt	279,929
11	Preparing a site for a plant for preparing or storing fuel for use in a nuclear reactor described in any of items 1 to 9	13,994
12	Constructing a plant for preparing or storing fuel for use in a nuclear reactor described in any of items 1 to 9	27,988
13	Possessing or controlling a plant for preparing or storing fuel for use in a nuclear reactor described in any of items 1 to 9	13,994
14	Operating a plant for preparing or storing fuel for use in a nuclear reactor described in any of items 1 to 9	69,980
15	Decommissioning, disposing of or abandoning a plant that was used for preparing or storing fuel for use in a nuclear reactor described in any of items 1 to 10	27,988
16	Preparing a site for:(a) a radioactive waste storage facility designed to contain controlled materials with an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 10 of the ARPANS Regulations; or(b) a radioactive waste disposal facility designed to contain controlled materials and have an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 11 of the ARPANS Regulations	13,994
17	Constructing:(a) a radioactive waste storage facility designed to contain controlled materials and have an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 10 of the ARPANS Regulations; or(b) a radioactive waste disposal facility designed to contain controlled materials and have an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 11 of the ARPANS Regulations	27,988
18	Possessing or controlling:(a) a radioactive waste storage facility containing controlled materials that has an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 10 of the ARPANS Regulations; or(b) a radioactive waste disposal facility containing controlled materials that has an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 11 of the ARPANS Regulations	13,994
19	Operating:(a) a radioactive waste storage facility containing controlled materials that has an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 10 of the ARPANS Regulations; or(b) a radioactive waste disposal facility containing controlled materials that has an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 11 of the ARPANS Regulations	69,980
20	Decommissioning, disposing of or abandoning:(a) a radioactive waste storage facility that contained controlled materials and had an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 10 of the ARPANS Regulations; or(b) a radioactive waste disposal facility that contained controlled materials and had an activity that was greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 11 of the ARPANS Regulations	27,988
21	Preparing a site for a facility to produce radioisotopes that is designed to contain controlled materials and have an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 12 of the ARPANS Regulations	27,988
22	Constructing a facility to produce radioisotopes that is designed to contain controlled materials and have an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 12 of the ARPANS Regulations	69,980
23	Possessing or controlling a facility producing radioisotopes and containing controlled materials that has an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 12 of the ARPANS Regulations	27,988
24	Operating a facility producing radioisotopes and containing controlled materials that has an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 12 of the ARPANS Regulations	111,969
25	Decommissioning, disposing of or abandoning a facility that formerly produced radioisotopes and contained controlled materials and had an activity greater than the applicable activity level prescribed by section 12 of the ARPANS Regulations	69,980

Division 3 · Facility licences for prescribed radiation facilities

8Facility licences for prescribed radiation facilities#

(1)The charge for a financial year for a facility licence authorising:

(a)an act mentioned in paragraph 30(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of the ARPANS Act relating to a prescribed radiation facility described in an item of the table in subsection (2); or

(b)an act described in an item of the table in subsection (3);

is the amount set out in that item. However, the charge is the amount set out in the item of the table in subsection (3) if the act to be authorised by the licence is described in both paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.

Charge for prescribed radiation facilities (except ones formerly used for weapons tests or radioactive ores)

(2)For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the table is as follows:

Annual charges for prescribed radiation facilities not formerly used for weapons tests or radioactive ores
	Kind of prescribed radiation facility	Amount ($)
1	Particle accelerator that:(a) has, or is capable of having, a beam energy greater than 1 MeV; or(b) can produce neutrons	23,272
2	Irradiator containing more than 10¹⁵ Bq of a controlled material	23,272
3	Irradiator:(a) containing more than 10¹³ Bq of a controlled material; and(b) either:(i) not including shielding as an integral part of its construction; or(ii) including as an integral part of its construction shielding that does not prevent a person from being exposed to the source or does not shield a source during the operation of the irradiator	23,272
4	Facility for the production, processing, use, storage, management or disposal of:(a) unsealed sources for which the result of the activity value division steps is greater than 10⁶; or(b) sealed sources for which the result of the activity value division steps is greater than 10⁹	46,544

Note: For the activity value division steps, see section 4 of the ARPANS Regulations (and subsection 5(2) of this instrument).

Charge for prescribed radiation facilities formerly used for weapons tests or radioactive ores

(3)For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the table is as follows:

Annual charges for prescribed radiation facilities formerly used for weapons tests or radioactive ores
	Act authorised by licence	Amount ($)
1	Decommissioning a prescribed radiation facility formerly used as a nuclear or atomic weapon test site	49,771
2	Disposing of or abandoning a prescribed radiation facility formerly used as a nuclear or atomic weapon test site	33,179
3	Decommissioning a prescribed radiation facility formerly used for mining, processing, using, storing, managing or disposing of radioactive ores	49,771
4	Disposing of or abandoning a prescribed radiation facility formerly used for mining, processing, using, storing, managing or disposing of radioactive ores	33,179

Fee for application for one licence to authorise 2 or more acts

(4)Despite subsection (1), the charge for a financial year for a facility licence authorising 2 or more acts described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is the sum of the amounts of the charge under that subsection for separate licences for each of those acts.

Division 4 · Facility licences for prescribed legacy sites

9Facility licences for prescribed legacy sites#

Annual charges for facility licences for prescribed legacy sites
	Act authorised by licence	Amount ($)
1	Possessing or controlling a prescribed legacy site	15,464
2	Remediating a prescribed legacy site	233,629
3	Abandoning a prescribed legacy site	31,147

Division 5 · Facility licences of certain holders

10Annual charge for all facility licences held in certain names#

(1)The amount of the charge for a financial year for all facility licences held in a name described in an item of the following table is the amount set out in that item.

Total annual charge for facility licences held in certain names
	Name	Amount ($)
1	Australian National University	104,307
2	Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation	6,044,055
3	Department of Defence	206,549

(2)This Division has effect despite Divisions 2, 3 and 4.

Part 3 · Annual charge for source licences

11Introduction#

For the purposes of subsection 5(2) of the Act, this Part prescribes the amount of the charge for a financial year for a source licence authorising the holder of the licence to deal with one or more controlled apparatus or controlled materials.

Note 1: Section 13 prescribes the total charge for a financial year for all source licences held in certain names, and has effect despite section 12.

Note 2: Division 7 of Part 5 of the ARPANS Regulations makes provision in relation to the time for payment of the annual charge, pro-rating and refunds.

12Annual charge for source licence#

The charge for a financial year for a source licence is the amount worked out by multiplying $610 by the total number of controlled apparatus and controlled materials that the licence authorises the holder of the licence to deal with.

13Annual charge for all source licences held in certain names#

(1)The amount of the charge for a financial year for all source licences held in a name described in an item of the following table is the amount set out in that item.


Name	Amount ($)
1	Australian Federal Police	93,085
2	Australian National University	66,619
3	Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation	166,713
4	Australian War Memorial	16,876
5	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation	415,593
6	Department of Defence	195,207
7	National Measurement Institute	9,500

(2)This section has effect despite section 12.

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Part 1 · Preliminary