The Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 was amended recently to allow the charging of a fee for the issue of a BASIX Certificate. The fee generally ranges from $20 to $50 per dwelling and is being put in place to support the BASIX scheme. The fee will be introduced in two stages.
Payment of the fee is required from 1 July 2011 for BASIX Certificates issued for all new dwellings (new single houses, townhouses, apartments and residential flat buildings)
Payment of the fee is required from 1 August 2011 for BASIX Certificates issued for Alterations and Additions (of construction value of $50,000 or more, and for pools of 40,000 litres or more).
Fact Sheets outlining the applicable fee for various types of development, and a downloadable Excel fee calculator, are available from the BASIX website at www.basix.nsw.gov.au/information/whats_new.jsp
The Fact Sheets also explain how the fee will be used to improve the BASIX system and the benefits, including savings of up to $600 per year in water and energy bills, that BASIX has delivered for NSW households.
Payment of a fee for a BASIX certificate will be required prior to the generation of the certificate on the last page of the tool.
