[no bill text published] Charges for administration of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Excise Charges Imposition) Bill 2025
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2nd House
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
People or entities can be charged for matters connected to the administration of the EPBC Act.
The minister must ensure charges do not exceed the Commonwealth's likely costs.
Regulations set the charge amount; they can use a fixed fee or a calculation method.
Regulations can grant exemptions from these charges.
The Act binds the Crown in the States, ACT, and Northern Territory.
State-owned property is exempt from these taxes.
The Act applies to external Territories; it also applies to matters outside Australia.