What paperwork is there?
The GBRMPA provides you with an Environmental Management Charge (EMC) logbook and/or charging return when your permit is granted and at the beginning of each calendar year.
You are required to complete the logbook daily, including information on the number of visitors carried, the amount of EMC payable and all the reefs, islands and bays visited. You must also complete a charging return quarterly. It is a summary of the information from the logbook regarding the amount of EMC due. If you are undertaking activities such as beach hire, land-based sewage discharge and aquaculture you are only required to complete a quarterly charging return.
Charging returns and logbooks must be submitted to the GBRMPA quarterly at the same time as the EMC payment.
Please take care to complete the logbook accurately, paying particular attention to:
- Correct information about the permit you are operating; and
- Correct reef names and reef identification numbers.
When do I have to pay?
The charge must be paid quarterly in arrears. There is a one-month period after the close of the quarter for you to submit your payment. The payment schedule is:
| Quarter Payment | Due |
| January-March | 30 April |
| April-June | 31 July |
| July-September | 31 October |
| October-December | 31 January |
How can I pay?
You may make an EMC payment by BPAY, cash, cheque, direct deposit or internet banking.
For those customers wishing to use the new BPAY facilities, your 2007 EMC Logbooks and Charging Returns contain a BPAY biller code and reference numbers for each of your quarterly Charging Returns.
Should you have more than one vessel or permit and wish to combine your EMC charges into a single payment - you will need to contact the GBRMPA and register as a multi permit user. Customers wishing to become a multi permit user, should contact the BPAY Helpdesk on (07) 4750 0717. You will be provided with a new customer reference number and sent a Summary Remittance Form, which is to accompany your Charging Returns.
Please make your cheque payable to the GBRMPA and attach it to the Charging Return and Logbook pages.
If you wish to make a direct deposit or undertake internet banking, you should contact the GBRMPA to request the relevant BSB and account number. If you have made a direct deposit, please let us know by faxing details of the deposit to the EMC Unit on (07) 4750 0892.
Your 2007 EMC Handbook (purple cover) contains further information on making EMC payments inside the front cover. Should you have any further queries in relation to completing your Logbook or Charging Returns please contact the EMC Unit on (07) 4750 0764 or (07) 4750 0702.
