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Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers (Fees and Disciplinary Levy) Notice 2013

The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board ("the board"), under sections 142 and 143 of the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006 ("the Act"), issues the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title-This notice is the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers (Fees and Disciplinary Levy) Notice 2013.
2. Commencement-This notice comes into force on
17 January 2013.
3. Revocation-This notice revokes the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010* ("2010 notice") with effect from 1 April 2013.
4. Interpretation-(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires:
licensing period means a period beginning on 1 April and finishing on 31 March the following year.
(2) Any term or expression defined in the Act that is used but not defined in this notice has the same meaning as in the Act.
5. Fees-(1) The board prescribes the fees set out in the Schedule.
(2) The fees are payable to the board at the time of application.
(3) All fees are inclusive of goods and services tax.
(4) The fee for an application for any of the matters set out in (a)-(e) is the annual fee required for each licensing period to which the application relates:
(a) practising licence
(b) exemption
(c) exemption under supervision
(d) trainee limited certificate
(e) offences.
(5) The fee for all other matters, except those identified
in (4) above, is payable each time the person applies to purchase the relevant good or service.
6. Disciplinary levy-(1) The board imposes the disciplinary levy set out in the Schedule.
(2) The disciplinary levy is payable to the board annually on application for a practising licence.
(3) The disciplinary levy is inclusive of goods and services tax.
7. Applicable fees and disciplinary levy-(1) The fees for an application which relates to the period from 1 April 2013 onwards are the fees set out in this notice and apply irrespective of when the application is made.
(2) The fees for an application which relates to the period ending on 31 March 2013 are the fees set out in the 2010 notice.
(3) The disciplinary levy for an application which relates to the period from 1 April 2013 onwards is the disciplinary levy set out in this notice and applies irrespective of when the application is made.
(4) The disciplinary levy for an application which relates to the period ending on 31 March 2013 is the disciplinary levy set out in the 2010 notice.
8. Waiver or refund of fees and disciplinary levy-The board may provide a waiver or refund, in part or whole, of any fee or levy.
Schedule
(1) Registration-An individual who applies to be registered must pay the relevant fee(s):
Fee $
Licensed plumber 409.00
Certifying plumber 409.00
Licensed gasfitter 409.00
Certifying gasfitter 409.00
Licensed drainlayer 409.00
Certifying drainlayer 409.00
(2) Provisional licence-An individual who applies for a provisional licence, pending consideration of their application for registration or a practising licence (or both), must pay the fee:
Fee $
Provisional licence 101.00
(3) Practising licence-An individual who applies to have a practising licence issued or renewed for any licensing period must pay the relevant fee(s):
Fee $
Licensed plumber 101.00
Certifying plumber 101.00
Licensed gasfitter 101.00
Certifying gasfitter 101.00
Licensed drainlayer 101.00
Certifying drainlayer 101.00
(4) Exemption application-An individual who applies for an exemption must pay the relevant fee(s):
Fee $
Installing and maintaining particular sanitary plumbing equipment (section 18) 300.00
Person authorised to carry out or supervise gasfitting (section 20) 300.00
Fixing of water heaters by gasfitters (section 24) 300.00
Registration and licence requirements and conditions (section 52) 300.00
(5) Exemption under supervision application-An individual who applies for an exemption under supervision must pay the relevant fee(s):
Fee $
Sanitary plumbing under supervision (section 19) 101.00
Gasfitting under supervision (section 21) 101.00
Drainlaying under supervision (section 25) 101.00
(6) Trainee limited certificate-An individual who applies for a limited certificate must pay the relevant fee, which is payable once for each licensing period irrespective of the number of certificates held:
Fee $
Trainee limited certificate 45.00
(7) Employer licence-A person who applies for an employer licence must pay the relevant fee(s):
Fee $
Application for licence 920.00
Assessment1 2,760.00
1Maximum fee calculated at two full days at $690.00 per half day. Balance refundable.
(8) Advanced proficiency assessment-An individual who applies for an advanced proficiency assessment must pay the following fee(s):
Fee $
Application 690.00
Assessment2 2,300.00
Materials3 1,500.00
2Maximum fee calculated at 20 hours at $115.00 per hour. Balance refundable.
3Maximum fee. Charged at actual cost. Balance refundable.
(9) Examinations-An individual who applies to sit examinations 9192, 9193, 9195, 9196, 9197 and 9198 must pay the relevant fee(s):
Fee $
Examination entry (per examination) 411.00
Examination paper reconsideration 102.00
(10) Offences-An individual who applies to have a practising licence issued or renewed for any licensing period must pay the offences fee, which is payable once for each licensing period irrespective of the number of licences held:
Fee $
Offences 86.00
(11) Gas certificate-An individual who applies for a copy of an archived paper gas certificate from 1 July 2013 onwards must pay the relevant fee:
Fee $
Copy of gas certificate 25.00
(12) Discipline-An individual who applies to have a practising licence issued or renewed for any licensing period must pay the disciplinary levy, which is payable once for each licensing period irrespective of the number of licences held:
Levy $
Disciplinary levy 170.00
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of December 2012.
WILLIAM MAX PEDERSEN, Registrar, Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the notice and has been included to explain its general effect.
Under section 142 of the Act, the board may prescribe fees payable in respect of certain matters. The board may also impose a disciplinary levy on all registered persons under section 143 of the Act.
This notice sets out the fees and disciplinary levy payable to the board. The notice follows a review, carried out in 2012, of board fees and the disciplinary levy, which included sector consultation.
The fees and disciplinary levy set in this notice apply from
1 April 2013, or in respect of any application which relates to the period from 1 April 2013 onwards irrespective of when the application is made. The fees and disciplinary levy set in the 2010 notice apply to any application which relates to the period ending on 31 March 2013. The fee for a copy of an archived paper gas certificate applies from 1 July 2013 onwards.
This notice revokes the 2010 notice with effect from 1 April 2013.
This notice is administered by the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board.
*The 2010 notice was published in the New Zealand Gazette, 1 July 2010, No. 76, page 2140; amended by notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 8 July 2010, No. 80, page 2213; and then republished in the
New Zealand Gazette, 21 October 2010, No. 143, page 3604. For the avoidance of doubt, each of those versions of the 2010 notice, and any subsequent amendments, are revoked.