Minerals Development Act 2017

Application fees

218. (1) Save where provided otherwise in this Act, the Minister may, with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, prescribe the fees payable in respect of any application under this Act.

(2) The Minister may prescribe different fees in respect of different types of applications and according to the type of minerals involved.

(3) The Minister, when prescribing the amount of a fee payable in respect of an application, shall have regard to the administrative costs associated with processing the application, including the costs of determining whether the requirements of the application have been met.

(4) Fees payable in respect of any application under this Act, including fees set or prescribed under another section of this Act, are non-refundable.