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Fees and charges

On 1 July 2022, we became the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

We are updating our website to reflect our changed role. If you are looking for information about the environment and water portfolio, you will now find it on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water website.

​​Penalties

The we will levy the following penalties:

Penalty type Fee
Late payment

 

Export Control (Fees) Orders 2001
Section 47
(1) If fees imposed by these Orders remain unpaid after the time when the payment is due, a penalty fee is imposed calculated at the rate of 20% per year, calculated monthly, on the amount unpaid.

Biosecurity (Cost Recovery) Regulation 2016
Section 9
(1) If a basic fee is not paid by the payment day for the fee, a late payment fee, worked out in accordance with subsection (2), is payable in addition to the basic fee.

(2) The late payment fee is:
0.2 x basic fee x days overdue
365
where:
days overdue is the number of days after the payment day that elapse before the day on which the basic fee is paid.

Note: For the meaning of basic fee, late payment fee and payment day, see section 86E of the
Act.

20% per annum
Interest charge
(Compounded daily until debt is paid)

 

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) 90 day bill rates less 0.1%

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We will exercise our right to withdraw services to clients who accumulate debt.

If you have been denied access to a service, please contact Accounts Rec​eivable and Debt Management or on 1800 647 531.

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Page last updated: 26 July 2022

We acknowledge the continuous connection of First Nations Traditional Owners and Custodians to the lands, seas and waters of Australia. We recognise their care for and cultivation of Country. We pay respect to Elders past and present, and recognise their knowledge and contribution to the productivity, innovation and sustainability of Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries.

Artwork: Protecting our Country, Growing our Future
© Amy Allerton, contemporary Aboriginal Artist of the Gumbaynggirr, Bundjalung and Gamilaroi nations.

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