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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989

"IT IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE THESE FEES COST-RECOVERY IS OBTAINED, HE SAID.

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MR SHIPMAN SAID 1988-89. APPROVAL OF THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL REVENUE OF ESTIMATED COSTS.

BY STAGES UNTIL FULL

THE

ESTIMATED COSTS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS

$5.7 MILLION WOULD PRODUCE $2.7 MILLION, REPRESENTING 47 PER CENT

WERE

IN

AN

OF

A VIEW

TO

WITH 1991, "THESE FEES WILL BE REVIEWED AGAIN IN ACHIEVING FULL COST-RECOVERY IN THAT YEAR, HE ADDED.

"T

FEES UNDER RADIATION ORDINANCE AMENDED

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REGULATIONS TWO SETS OF AMENDMENT

UNDER MADE

ORDINANCE, WHICH

RESPECT IN PAYABLE FEES AMEND

SUBSTANCES,

THE RADIATION OF IRRADIATING BY THE WERE APPROVED

THEY ARE THE RADIATION REGULATIONS 1989,

APPARATUS)

OF

EQUIPMENT AND RADIOACTIVE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IRRADIATING OF (CONTROL

(CONTROL RADIATION AND THE (AMENDMENT} RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1989,

A MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE REGULATIONS WAS MOVED THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON NIGEL SHIPMAN.

HE

EMPOWERED

BY

THE

MAKE REGULATIONS

THE OF 13

ORDINANCE THAT SECTION SAID

то LEGCO, RADIATION BOARD, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY

LICENCE PRESCRIBING THE FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF ANY

THE ORDINANCE.

ISSUED UNDER

OF FEES SET TO THE RADIATION AND REGULATION 4(1)

THE BOARD HAD RESOLVED TO AMEND THE VARIOUS SETS

THE SECOND SCHEDULE OUT IN REGULATION 11(2) AND (CONTROL OF IRRADIATING APPARATUS) REGULATIONS;

OF THE AND REGULATION

16(2)

SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS.

RADIATION

OF (CONTROL

RADIOACTIVE

THE

THE POLICY WAS FOR SUCH FEES TO BE SET AT A LEVEL THAT

IN ISSUING FULL COST-RECOVERY, AND THE COSTS INVOLVED HAD BEEN EXAMINED.

"IT IS PROPOSED AGAIN TO INCREASE THESE FEES

MR SHIPMAN SAID. FULL COST-RECOVERY IS OBTAINED,"

ARE $2.6 MILLION

ENSURED LICENCES

BY STAGES UNTIL

IF

THE

REVENUE WILL

1988-89. IN "THE ESTIMATED COSTS PROPOSED REGULATIONS ARE APPROVED, THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL BE $1.8 MILLION, REPRESENTING 70 PER CENT OF ESTIMATED COSTS.

"THESE FEES WILL BE REVIEWED AGAIN IN ACHIEVING FULL COST-RECOVERY IN THAT YEAR.

1991, WITH

A VIEW

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