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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 from today (Friday).

The four regulations are the Mining (General) (Amendment) Regulation 1996, Mines (Safety) (Amendment) Regulation 1996, Dangerous Goods (Government Explosives Depots) (Amendment) Regulation 1996 and Dangerous Goods (General) (Amendment) Regulation 1996.

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

"The effect of the new fees on the construction industry as a whole will be minimal as the cost of explosives used for blasting constitutes a very small part of the total cost of construction projects," he said.

The old and new fees for some of the major services set out in the four regulations are as follows:

Old

New

Permit for discharge of explosives

$31,200

$38,920

Licence to store explosives

$23,800

$26,060

Permit to move explosives

$

105

$

170

Renewal of a mine blasting certificate

$ 1,200

$ 1,910

Delivery of explosives exceeding 50 kilogram but not exceeding 100 kilograms

$ 4,075

$ 4,850

The spokesman said the Dangerous Goods Standing Committee with representatives from the private sector, including those from the chemical, shipping, petroleum and godown industries, had been consulted and had no objection to the revision.

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