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Fees for dangerous goods services revised

Fees for services set out in four regulations related to mining and the manufacture, storage, conveyance and usage of explosives have been revised with effect from Thursday, March 30.

The four regulations are the Dangerous Goods (General) (Amendment) Regulation 1995, Mining (General) (Amendment) Regulation 1995, Mines (Safety) (Amendment) Regulation 1995, and Dangerous Goods (Government Explosives Depots) (Amendment) Regulation 1995.

A Government spokesman said the fees were revised to recover the administrative and operating costs involved.

He expected that the new fees would have minimal effect on the industries involved as the costs of explosives formed only a very small portion of their total operating costs. The old and new fees for some of the services set out in the four regulations are:

Old

New

Permit for discharge of explosives

$25,025

$31,200

Licence to store explosives

$23,111

$23,800

Duplicate licence

$ 209

$

330

Certificate of mine blasting

$

857

$ 1,430

$ 2,240

$ 2,690

Delivery of explosives not exceeding

50 kilograms (including removal

permit)

The spokesman said the Dangerous Goods Standing Committee, which had representatives from the private sector, including those from the chemical, shipping, petroleum and godown industries, had been consulted on the revision.

Details of the new fees will be published in the Government gazette on Friday (February 24).

End/Wednesday, February 22, 1995