{"id":"F1996B00062","name":"Tradespersons' Rights (Cost Recovery) Regulations 1993","slug":"tradespersons-rights-cost-recovery-regulations-1993","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"372 of 1993","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28493,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1996B00062-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name of Regulations","content":"#### 1 Name of Regulations\n\n  These Regulations are the Tradespersons’ Rights (Cost Recovery) Regulations 1993.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"#### 2 Interpretation\n\n  (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n> the Act means the Tradesmen’s Rights Regulation Act 1946.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application fee and trade test fee","content":"#### 3 Application fee and trade test fee\n\n  (1) Subject to subregulation (4) and regulation 4, the fee payable to the Department by an applicant for a trade certificate in respect of the making of the application is $930.\n  (2) The fee payable to the Department by an applicant for a trade certificate in respect of the carrying out of a trade test is $1,000.\n  (4) The fee payable to the Department in respect of an application for a replacement trade certificate is $170.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application fee—reapplication after unsuccessful application","content":"#### 4 Application fee—reapplication after unsuccessful application\n\n  (1) This regulation applies if:\n    (a) an application for a trade certificate (the original application) is refused; and\n    (b) the applicant subsequently applies for the same kind of trade certificate (the new application).\n  (2) If the new application includes information that was not available to the committee for the purposes of the original application, the fee payable to the Department in respect of the new application is $930.\n  (3) If the new application does not include information that was not available to the committee for the purposes of the original application:\n    (a) the fee payable to the Department in respect of the new application is $930; but\n    (b) if a trade certificate is granted on the basis of the new application:\n    (i) the amount of the fee in respect of the new application is taken to become zero; and\n    (ii) the Secretary must refund to the applicant the amount paid in respect of the new application.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1736},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain strictly limited to their original purpose of establishing cost recovery fees for trade certificate applications, trade tests, and replacement certificates. No expansion beyond this narrow fee-setting function has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Only 1 defined term ('the Act') in the interpretation section","Short instrument with only 4 regulations","Single conditional logic path regarding reapplications and refunds in regulation 4","Minimal cross-referencing limited to internal references between regulations 3 and 4"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the fees that tradespersons must pay when applying for trade certificates under the Tradesmen's Rights Regulation Act 1946.\n\n**What it costs:**\n- **Trade certificate application**: $930\n- **Trade test**: $1,000\n- **Replacement certificate**: $170\n\n**The \"second chance\" rule:**\nIf your application is refused and you apply again for the same certificate, you pay $930 again upfront. However, if you succeed the second time **and** you didn't provide any new information compared to your first application, the fee is refunded to you. If you provided new information, the fee stands.\n\nThis essentially means you don't pay twice if you're retrying the same unsuccessful application without new evidence."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tradespersons-rights-cost-recovery-regulations-1993","history":"/api/acts/tradespersons-rights-cost-recovery-regulations-1993/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tradespersons-rights-cost-recovery-regulations-1993/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tradespersons-rights-cost-recovery-regulations-1993/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tradespersons-rights-cost-recovery-regulations-1993/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tradespersons-rights-cost-recovery-regulations-1993/documents"}}