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66 Application fees

(1) An application for the grant, renewal, restoration, variation or replacement of an authority must be accompanied by the fee payable for the purposes of the Act as listed in Column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 6.

(2) The amount of each fee is to be calculated by adding together the various components set out in Columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 in relation to that fee. The total fee is set out in Column 4 of Part 1 of that Schedule.

(3) An amount specified in relation to an application fee in Column 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 under the heading " Processing component " is taken to be a fee to cover the costs incurred by the Secretary in processing the application.

Note--: This amount is consequently a
"processing fee" for the purposes of Part 2 of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 . If an application is made by electronic communication, the processing fee is discounted (see section 13 of that Act). If an application is refused or withdrawn, the applicant is entitled to a refund of all fees paid, other than the processing fee (see section 22 of that Act).

(4) There is no prescribed fee for an application--

(a) for the grant, renewal or restoration of a contractor licence authorising the holder to contract to do plumbing work or gasfitting work, or both, made by the holder of a contractor licence issued by the Victorian Building Authority, but only if the holder's business is carried on principally in Victoria, or

(b) for the grant, renewal or restoration of a supervisor certificate authorising the holder to do or supervise plumbing work or gasfitting work, or both, made by the holder of a contractor licence issued by that Authority, but only if the holder's principal place of residence is in Victoria, or

(c) for the grant, renewal or restoration of a tradesperson certificate authorising the holder to do plumbing work or gasfitting work, or both, made by the holder of a certificate of registration issued by that Authority, but only if the holder's principal place of residence is in Victoria.