Fees and charges

Victorian Water Register fees for some applications to trade water will increase from Monday 2 November 2009, subject to Governor-in-Council approval.

The increases apply to fees charged when application forms are submitted to water corporations for approval to trade allocation and for a range of water share transactions.

Please see fee table below for more details.

The fees have changed following:

  • Annual increases for inflation (this change has been held over from 1 July 2009); and
  • A regulatory impact statement process to allow recovery of costs of processing applications.

If water corporations receive applications on or after 2 November 2009 with the old fee, they will return them to applicants and ask them to resubmit with the new fee.

Application form Fee until 1 November 2009 Fee from 2 November 2009
Form 39 Application to Trade Water Allocation $61.90 $70.60
Form 39 Use of water on land which a water share is not associated with $61.90 $70.60
Form 1 Application to Transfer a Water Share $129.70 $158.60
Form 3 Application to Divide and Transfer a Water Share $129.70 $158.60
Form 5 Application to Divide a Water Share $129.70 $133.60
Form 6 Application to Consolidate Water Shares $129.70 $133.60
Form 7 Application for the Issue of a Water Share $129.70 $158.60
Form 8 Application to Cancel a Water Share $129.70 $158.60
Form 9 Application to Vary and/or Associate, or Revoke the Association of a Water Share $129.70 $133.60
Form 10 Application for a Limited Term transfer $129.70 $158.60
Table 1: Fees to the water corporation for applications in relation to water shares and water allocation.

Fees for transactions lodged with the Water Registrar are described on the website of the Victorian Water Registrar.

The following table details the fees for searching the Water Register.

Search type Fee
By applicant using the online facilities $11.70
By the water authority or the Water Registrar on behalf of applicant (a hard copy of the results provided to the applicant): $22.30
Instrument search $11.70
Table 2: Search fees.