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40E Permit's for WA - information and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="mbasko" data-source="post: 548506" data-attributes="member: 4485"><p>The DMIRS gave a pretty good reason for the rise I thought:</p><p>The price of aMining Act 1978Section 40E permit will increase from $25 to $90 as of 1 July 2019. This fee has not changed for more than 15 years while the costs involved in processing permit applications have steadily increased over the years. The new price accurately reflects these operational costs.</p><p>15 years & no rise + increased costs over that time seems reasonable to me. No doubt a lot of the operational costs are tied up in chasing wrongdoers etc.</p><p>Seems to me it's been pretty good for a long time. Maybe they should price index it annually to reduce the shock of increases?</p><p>I find it hard to believe that they will be keeping the 40E fee on applications that haven't been or won't be assessed? Have you contacted them about getting the fee back? From what I've read they will start assessing them again once travel restrictions have been lifted (in limbo yes) but surely if you wish to cancel now & re-apply at a later date they would be obliged to refund (legally too)?</p><p>It's the people that don't bother or just don't do the right thing that contribute greatly to operational cost increases so by going down that track you'll achieve nothing but further increases IMO. Using 40E fees as an excuse for non-compliance is just that, an excuse & a poor one at that.</p><p></p><p>It could be far worse. They could bring in Eastern State type rules. Jeez that'll hurt! :argh:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mbasko, post: 548506, member: 4485"] The DMIRS gave a pretty good reason for the rise I thought: The price of aMining Act 1978Section 40E permit will increase from $25 to $90 as of 1 July 2019. This fee has not changed for more than 15 years while the costs involved in processing permit applications have steadily increased over the years. The new price accurately reflects these operational costs. 15 years & no rise + increased costs over that time seems reasonable to me. No doubt a lot of the operational costs are tied up in chasing wrongdoers etc. Seems to me it's been pretty good for a long time. Maybe they should price index it annually to reduce the shock of increases? I find it hard to believe that they will be keeping the 40E fee on applications that haven't been or won't be assessed? Have you contacted them about getting the fee back? From what I've read they will start assessing them again once travel restrictions have been lifted (in limbo yes) but surely if you wish to cancel now & re-apply at a later date they would be obliged to refund (legally too)? It's the people that don't bother or just don't do the right thing that contribute greatly to operational cost increases so by going down that track you'll achieve nothing but further increases IMO. Using 40E fees as an excuse for non-compliance is just that, an excuse & a poor one at that. It could be far worse. They could bring in Eastern State type rules. Jeez that'll hurt! :argh: [/QUOTE]
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