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Name of Regulations
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These Regulations are the Tradespersons’ Rights (Cost Recovery) Regulations 1993.
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These regulations set the fees that tradespersons must pay when applying for trade certificates under the Tradesmen's Rights Regulation Act 1946.
What it costs:
The "second chance" rule: If 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.
This essentially means you don't pay twice if you're retrying the same unsuccessful application without new evidence.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Tradespersons' Rights (Cost Recovery) Regulations 1993.
These Regulations are the Tradespersons’ Rights (Cost Recovery) Regulations 1993.
(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
the Act means the Tradesmen’s Rights Regulation Act 1946.
(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. (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. (4) The fee payable to the Department in respect of an application for a replacement trade certificate is $170.
(1) This regulation applies if: (a) an application for a trade certificate (the original application) is refused; and (b) the applicant subsequently applies for the same kind of trade certificate (the new application). (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. (3) If the new application does not include information that was not available to the committee for the purposes of the original application: (a) the fee payable to the Department in respect of the new application is $930; but (b) if a trade certificate is granted on the basis of the new application: (i) the amount of the fee in respect of the new application is taken to become zero; and (ii) the Secretary must refund to the applicant the amount paid in respect of the new application.
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These Regulations are the Tradespersons’ Rights (Cost Recovery) Regulations 1993.
(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
the Act means the Tradesmen’s Rights Regulation Act 1946.
(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. (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. (4) The fee payable to the Department in respect of an application for a replacement trade certificate is $170.
(1) This regulation applies if: (a) an application for a trade certificate (the original application) is refused; and (b) the applicant subsequently applies for the same kind of trade certificate (the new application). (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. (3) If the new application does not include information that was not available to the committee for the purposes of the original application: (a) the fee payable to the Department in respect of the new application is $930; but (b) if a trade certificate is granted on the basis of the new application: (i) the amount of the fee in respect of the new application is taken to become zero; and (ii) the Secretary must refund to the applicant the amount paid in respect of the new application.