Pursuant to section 97 of the Veterinarians Act 2005, the Veterinary Council of New Zealand ("council") sets out in this notice the fees to be charged.
This notice replaces the Veterinary Council of New Zealand Fees Notice 2014 (published in the New Zealand Gazette,
12 December 2013, No. 167, page 4577)1.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Veterinary Council of New Zealand Fees Amendment Notice 2014 (No. 1) and shall come into force on 9 October 2014.
(2) This notice has the status of a Regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.
2. Fees-The council sets the following fees payable to the council specified in the Schedule below.
3. Tax-The fees are exclusive of goods and services tax.
4. Rebate-The council retains the right to rebate the annual practising certificate fee by a specified amount for early payment by a specified date.
Schedule
Fees Payable2 $
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION FEES
For New Zealand qualified applicants 273.04
For applicants applying under the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 273.04
For overseas applicants holding prescribed qualifications or a pass in a prescribed examination or assessment programme
300.00
For applicants with non-prescribed qualifications applying for registration in a limited scope of practice under section 14 of the Veterinarians Act 20053
660.87
For applicants with non-prescribed qualifications who have passed the Preliminary Registration Examination and are applying for registration in the time limited scope for National Veterinary Examination candidates under section 14 of the Veterinarians Act 2005

300.00
For applicants for specialist registration 273.04
PRACTISING CERTIFICATE FEES
Annual practising certificate application fee for4:
- Full year
- July - September
- October - December
- January - March
421.74
365.02
259.02
154.14
VETERINARY REGISTRATION EXAMINATION FEES
Final examination (per attempt) 5086.96
Supplementary examination (per attempt, per supplementary examination) 508.70
OTHER FEES
Annual Register maintenance fee for non-practising veterinarians 50.43
Supply of registration certificates (or copies) or letters of good standing or any other certificate or letter signed by the Registrar 26.09
Dated this 8th day of September 2014.
JANET EDEN, Registrar, Veterinary Council of New Zealand.
1The only change is a revised fee for applicants with non-prescribed qualifications who have passed the Preliminary Registration Examination and are applying for registration in the time limited scope for National Veterinary Examination candidates.
2Fees are calculated on a cost recovery basis.
3Excluding applicants with non-prescribed qualifications who have passed the Preliminary Registration Examination and are applying for registration in the time limited scope for National Veterinary Examination candidates.
4See also "Rebate" reference above.