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8. Fees and annual charges – 2023-24
The schedule of fees and charges was developed to align with the Charging Framework and recover the costs of AICIS activities for 2023-24. The fees and charges apply to introducers of industrial chemicals.
The charge points for AICIS can broadly be grouped by relevant activities:
- Registration – levy12 and fee for service
- Certificates and Commercial Evaluation Authorisations – fee for service
- Protection of confidential business information (CBI) – fee for service
- Import and export of certain industrial chemicals subject to international agreements – fee for service
Further detail on the design of regulatory charges is provided in Section 3.
Annual registration fee
The Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 imposes an annual registration fee and levy (where relevant) on all introducers of industrial chemicals. As discussed in Section 3, the registration fee recovers the costs of registering individuals and maintaining the Register of Industrial Chemical Introducers, which are activities provided to the individual or organisation.
Table 7 – Registration fee 2023-24
| AICIS Fee for service | Fee per application ($) 2023-24 |
|---|---|
| Application for registration | 75 |
Annual registration charge (levy)
The registration levy recovers the costs of activities provided to a broader group of individuals and organisations. The registration level and charge payable is determined for each registrant based on the annual introduction value using prior financial year introductions (as defined in Section 6 of the Industrial Chemicals Charges (General) Regulations 2020, Industrial Chemicals Charges (Customs) Regulations 2020 and Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Regulations 2020). Further information on the use of introduction value to calculate the levy payable is available in Section 3.
An eight-tiered model is used to determine the annual registration charge payable and the levy charging structure will remain unchanged from 2022-23. Similarly to 2022-23, an exemption from paying the levy for introduction values less than $50,000 in the previous financial year. The cap on payable registration charge is reduced by $36,700 to $32,405 on the maximum levy payable by an Level 8 introducer apply. This is based on increasing numbers paying at the highest level.
Levy prices have been reduced across all registration levels by approximately 11.7%. The resulting charges are presented in Table 8 below.
Table 8 - AICIS Registration levy 2023-24
| Registration level (prior year introduction value) | Charge per registration ($) 2023-24 |
|---|---|
| Registration – level 1 ($1 - $49,999) | NIL |
| Registration – level 2 ($50,000 - $74,999) | 65 |
| Registration – level 3 ($75,000 - $99,999) | 80 |
| Registration – level 4 ($100,000 - $249,999) | 205 |
| Registration – level 5 ($250,000 - $499,999) | 400 |
| Registration – level 6 ($500,000 - $2,999,999) | 2,430 |
| Registration – level 7 ($3,000,000 - $4,999,999) | 4,065 |
| Registration – level 8 ($5,000,000+) | 32,405 |
Certificates and Commercial Evaluation Authorisation fees
Table 9 – Certificate and authorisation fees 2023-24
| AICIS Fees for services | Charge per application ($) 2023-24 |
|---|---|
| Certificate Applications | |
| Application for a certificate – very low to low risk | 7,435 |
| Application for a certificate – health focus or environment focus | 23,375 |
| Application for a certificate – health and environment focus | 34,965 |
| Application for a certificate - comparable hazard assessment | 17,515 |
| Consolidated application | 7,015 |
| Application to vary the terms of an existing Assessment Certificate | 4,735 |
| Application to add a certificate holder | 1,490 |
| Application to remove a certificate holder | 805 |
| Application to add a person covered by a certificate | 1,490 |
| Application to remove a person covered by a certificate | 805 |
| Multicomponent Application | 2,650 |
| Authorisation Applications | |
| Application for a Commercial Evaluation Authorisation | 6,490 |
| Application to vary the terms of an authorisation | 2,525 |
| Application to add an authorisation holder | 1,490 |
| Application to remove an authorisation holder | 805 |
| Listing Applications | |
| Application for listing on the Inventory before 5 years | 1,490 |
| Application for variation of listing | 4,735 |
Protection of confidential business information (CBI)
Table 10 - Protection of confidential business information (CBI) 2023-24
| AICIS Fees for services | Charge per application ($) 2023-24 |
|---|---|
| Application for protection of proper name | 1,730 |
| Application for protection of end use | 605 |
| Application for continued protection | 4,565 |
| Application for protection of confidential business information (CBI) other | 1,150 |
| Application to be a confidence holder of CBI for a protected inventory listing | 4,100 |
Import and export of certain industrial chemicals subject to international agreements
Table 11 - Import and export of certain industrial chemicals subject to international agreements 2023-24
| AICIS Fees for services | Charge per application ($) 2023-24 |
|---|---|
| Application for Category A export of industrial chemicals out of Australia | 2,395 |
| Application for Category B export or import of industrial chemicals into or out of Australia | 4,780 |
12 Levies predominantly fund AICIS compliance and evaluations programs