Cost Recovery Charges for Administration of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (General Charges Imposition) Bill 2025
House of Representatives
Senate
Assent
Introduced by: Senator the Hon Murray Watt (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Act binds the Crown in the States, ACT, and Northern Territory; it does not bind the Commonwealth.
The Act cannot impose a tax on property belonging to a State.
Regulations can set charges for administering the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act; these charges are treated as taxes.
The Environment Minister must be satisfied that a charge recovers no more than the Commonwealth's likely costs before it is set.
Regulations can provide exemptions from these charges.
The Act applies to external Territories; it also applies to matters outside Australia.