Fact Sheet - Registration Fees Under GEMS Legislation

Registration Fees under GEMS Legislation - October 2017

The Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) What do fees pay for? Act 2012 commenced on 1 October 2012 to promote the development and adoption of products to reduce energy use The registration fee contributes to the cost associated and greenhouse gas production. with processing registration applications, maintaining a product register and undertaking compliance monitoring GEMS requirements are applied to specified products that use activities. The funds collected also enable the GEMS energy, or affect the energy used by another product. These Regulator to deliver improvements in the registration products need to be registered in order to be offered for sale or system and to monitor and enforce compliance. used commercially in Australia. A registration fee applies for products to be registered in Australia. The different fee bands reflect the variation in costs when undertaking verification testing. The cost of Registration fee bands monitoring compliance can vary significantly due to the costs of acquiring and testing different product types. Products required to be registered under GEMS are grouped Applicants may choose to register more than one model into one of four fee bands. The fees range from $440 to $780 under a single registration, where those models are part and cover a five year registration period. GST does not apply to of a family of models (as defined in the relevant GEMS the fees. The fee bands are: Determination). The fee for a family registration is the same as for a single model registration. Band & Fee Products in this Band  All lighting products Additional models may be subsequently added to an 1 - $440 existing approved registration, provided they meet the  Dishwashers family of models definition. The fee for such additions is  Televisions $250.  Set Top Boxes  Clothes Washing Machines Payment of fees  Clothes Dryers Payment is only possible by credit card, through an online payment facility in the registration system. External Power Supplies   Computers Online payment provides both the applicant and the  Computer Monitors Regulator with immediate confirmation that the payment has been approved and the application has been 2 - $540  Electric Water Heaters submitted. Only payment by Visa, MasterCard and  Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps American Express is accepted, as these cards allow immediate payment confirmation.  Refrigerators and Freezers 3 - $670  Gas Water Heaters A surcharge of 1.05% applies for Visa and MasterCard,  Electric Motors while a surcharge of 1.45% applies for American Express. These surcharges are automatically applied to  Commercial Refrigerators/Display the total payable when the card’s details are entered. Cabinets 4 - $780  Chiller Towers  Distribution Transformers  Close Control Air Conditioners

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