Pursuant to sections 108 and 109 of the Social Workers Registration Act 2003, the following notice is given.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Social Workers Registration Board (Fees and Disciplinary Levy) Notice 2014.
(2) This notice comes into force on 1 July 2014 and replaces the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 26 April 2013, No. 46, page 1423.
2. Fees-The Social Workers Registration Board sets the following fees and disciplinary levies, payable to the board, specified in the attached Schedules.
Schedule One
Tax-The fees are in New Zealand Dollars and are inclusive of goods and services tax.
$
Application for registration with a New Zealand qualification 368.00
Application for registration with an overseas qualification 368.00
Re-processing of applications to 30 June 2015 368.00
Issue of practising certificate to 30 June 2015 368.00
Competence Assessment (Full) 255.55
Competence Assessment (Recertification) 153.32
Disciplinary levy to 30 June 2015 00.00
Applications for copies of certificates or entries, or for supplying documents for overseas registration purposes 46.00
Non-binding overseas application assessments 300.00
Replacement practising certificate identification cards 46.00
Schedule Two
Tax-The fees are exclusive of goods and services tax.
The fees set for the Recognition and Re-recognition of Social Work Programmes in the 2014/2015 financial year are as follows:
Fees Payable $
Fee for the desk audit and a single site visit in New Zealand:
A fee based on full cost recovery will normally be charged for the programme recognition process at a single site in New Zealand. Up to
15,000.00
(Additional visits may be required if the programme is delivered at more than one site. Actual and reasonable costs will be charged for any additional site visits or concurrent programme approvals.)
Fee for the mid-cycle visit, single site visit in New Zealand:
A fee based on full cost recovery will normally be charged for the programme recognition mid-cycle visit at a single site in New Zealand. Up to
5,000.00
(Additional visits may be required if the programme is delivered at more than one site. Actual and reasonable costs will be charged for any additional site visits.)
Exemption
Applicants who apply for registration during the year to 30 June 2015 will be exempt in that year from fees for the issue of a practising certificate.
Further enquiries by post to Social Workers Registration Board, PO Box 3452, Wellington Central, Wellington 6140.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of April 2014.
SEAN MCKINLEY, Chief Executive/Registrar, Social Workers Registration Board.