Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 514YA

  (1)   Upon receiving an application for reconsideration of a fee, the Secretary must:

  (a)   reconsider the way the method was used to work out the fee; and

  (b)   either:

  (i)   confirm the fee; or

  (ii)   work out a new fee by using the method again.

  (2)   The person who undertakes the reconsideration must be:

  (a)   the Secretary; or

  (b)   an employee in the Department who:

  (i)   was not involved in working out the fee; and

  (ii)   occupies a position that is senior to that occupied by any person involved in working out the fee.

  (3)   The Secretary must give to the applicant a written notice that:

  (a)   states the outcome of the reconsideration; and

  (b)   gives reasons for that outcome.