26. Every application made prior to 1 June 2008 and on which, on that date, no decision had been made by the Minister under the Act or its regulations or, for a project exempt from the environmental impact assessment and review procedure, by the Government under section 31.6 of the Act, remains subject to the fees under the regulations applicable at the time the application is filed, if any, provided that all the information and documents required for the application file under the Act and its regulations had been sent to the Minister before that date.
In the case of an application made prior to 1 June 2008 and on which, on that date, no decision had been made by the Government under section 31.5 or, in the case of a project exempt in part from the environmental impact assessment and review procedure, under section 31.6 of the Act, the fees set out in section 10 are payable for every step of the environmental impact assessment and review procedure referred to in that section that begins on or after that date.