Pursuant to sections 130–133 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (“Act”), the following notice is given.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Oral Health Practitioners (Fees) Notice 2017 (No. 2) and shall come into force on 10 November 2017.

(2) This notice has the status of a disallowable instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2012.

(3) This notice shall be read alongside the Oral Health Practitioners (Fees) Notice 2017 (No. 1), as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 2 February 2017, Issue No. 11, Notice No. 2017-gs372.

2. Fees—The Dental Council sets the following fee specified in the attached Schedule.

3. Tax—The fees are stated exclusive of goods and services tax (GST). All fees are subject to the addition of 15% GST.

Schedule

Explanatory note

This notice updates the Dental Council fee schedule with effect from 1 December 2017. The change consists of:

• Applicants for registration who apply for a practising certificate within four months of the end of the annual recertification cycle ending on 31 March 2018 pay a four month practising fee of $206.69.
• The changes in fees and levies were consulted on with dental hygiene and dental therapy practitioners and other stakeholders during August and September 2017. Following the close of the consultation period on 12 September 2017, the 2017/18 four-month practising fee was approved by the Dental Council at its meeting on 29 September 2017.
• Except as described above, no other changes have been made to fees as previously published in the Oral Health Practitioners (Fees) Notice 2017 (No. 1) published in the New Zealand Gazette, 2 February 2017, Issue No. 11, Notice No. 2017-gs372.