Appendix: Comparison of registration and licensing costs

Inquiry into the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board: Follow-up report.
Licences issued 2012/13 (5)Average full-time salaryRegistration fee (a)Licence fee (b)Disciplinary levy (c)Offences fee (d)Total to practise for first year (a+b+c+d)Annual cost to relicense [b+c+d]Licence duration
  $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Years
PGDB (1) 15,543 51,000 (6) 409 101 170 86 766 357 1
BPB (2) 27,890 46,000 (7) 0 383 0 0 383 199 1
EWRB (3) 26,409 54,000 (7) 232 190 0 0 422 190 2
NCNZ (4) 50,060 47,000-64,000 (8) 75 90 20 0 185 110 1

PGDB - Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board

BPB - Building Practitioners Board

EWRB - Electrical Workers Registration Board

NCNZ - Nursing Council of New Zealand

Notes: All registration costs relate to people with New Zealand qualifications. Higher fees apply for overseas-trained people. Salaries are rounded to the nearest $1,000. Fees and levies are rounded to the nearest $.

1. Based on a person applying for registration and licensing as a plumber.

2. Based on a person applying for registration and licensing as a carpenter using the qualified practitioner route.

3. Based on a person applying for registration and licensing as an electrician.

4. Based on a person applying for registration and licensing as a registered or enrolled nurse.

5. One person can hold more than one licence; the number of registered people will be less.

6. Average income from 2013 Census 2013.

7. Average income from Statistics New Zealand's June 2013 New Zealand Income Survey. Estimated from average hourly earnings.

8. District Health Boards/New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Multi-Employer Collective Agreement 1 March 2012 – 28 February 2015.

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