City Council fees and charges for Regulatory Compliance Licensing and Registration services for 2025/2026.
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| 1. Alcohol Licensing Fees | |
| These fees are not set by Council but by the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Fees) Regulations 2013. | |
| (i) Application for Premises | |
| cost/risk rating category - Very Low | $368.00 |
| cost/risk rating category - Low | $609.50 |
| cost/risk rating category - Medium | $816.50 |
| cost/risk rating category - High | $1023.50 |
| cost/risk rating category - Very High | $1207.50 |
| (ii) Annual Fee for Premises | |
| cost/risk rating category - Very Low | $161.00 |
| cost/risk rating category - Low | $391.00 |
| cost/risk rating category - Medium | $632.50 |
| cost/risk rating category - High | $1035.00 |
| cost/risk rating category - Very High | $1437.50 |
| (iii) Special Licence | |
| Class 1 | $575.00 |
| Class 2 | $207.00 |
| Class 3 | $63.25 |
| (iv) Managers Certificates (application and renewals) | $316.25 |
| (v) Other fees payable | |
| Temporary Authorities | $296.70 |
| Temporary Licence | $296.70 |
| Permanent Club Charters | $632.50 |
| Extract from register | $57.50 |
| Public notice of applications for new alcohol licences administration fee | $105.00 |
| Premises Certificate of Compliance (Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act) | |
| - Application A, existing licensed premises - change of business ownership (no other changes) | $195.00 |
| - Application B, never been licenced or changes to licence | $325.00 |
| 2. Gambling | |
| Application fee under the Gambling & TAB Venue Policy | $164.00 |
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| 1. Environmental health recoveries | |
| (i) Noise surveys | Actual costs recovered |
| (ii) Court/Legal recoveries | Actual costs recovered |
| (iii) Contaminated land / P-Lab / P-House testing | Actual costs recovered |
| (iv) Noisy alarm deactivations | Actual costs recovered |
| 2. Offensive trades licences | |
| (i) Annual premise registration - New or renewed registration | $307.10 |
| (ii) Change of ownership | $104.00 |
| 3. Noise making equipment seizure and storage | |
| (i) Staff time associated with managing equipment seizure | $104.00 |
| (ii) Storage of seized equipment | $83.00 |
| (iii) Noise contractor attendance (per unit) related to equipment seizure | $58.00 |
| Compliance and investigations |
|
| Response to the Natural Built and Environmental Act (s781) (2)(a) cost recovery associated with compliance, monitoring and enforcement activities | $173.00 |
| Seizure of signage | |
| Impounding of non-compliant signage (made up of officer times, storage and administration) | $105.00 |
| Licences (Other) | |
| Amusement devices | $11.50 |
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Cleanfills and waste handling operation licence application fee | $785.00 |
| Cleanfills annual licence fee (based on 4 monitoring inspections during the year). | $2,765.00 |
| Waste handling operation, annual licence fee | $395.00 |
| Cleanfills and waste handling operation, additional monitoring fee (during the financial year) for cleanfills (per hour) | $181.00 |
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Food Control Plans / National Programmes - New application | $365.00 |
| Food Control Plan – Renewal fee (1 year) | $195.00 |
| National Programme - Renewal fee (2 years) | $195.00 |
| Administration time All administration time spent on Food Control Plans/National Programmes will be charged at the following 30-minute or hourly rate increments |
|
| Administration Officer – 30 minutes | $60.00 |
| Administration Officer – 60 minutes | $120.00 |
| MPI system access levy – applied for registrations or renewals annually | $66.13 |
| MPI collection levy fee | $12.65 |
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Limited verification | $390.00 |
| Standard verification | $650.00 |
| Complex verification (Standard fee plus additional time at an hourly rate) | $650.00 plus additional time |
| Additional charge for officer time - hourly rate | $195.00 |
| Penalty for late payment of fees (Section 215 Food Act 2014) | 10% |
| Cancelling a verification within 24 hours of the scheduled date/no person available for the audit | $195.00 |
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Follow-up visit required for corrective action compliance | $390.00 |
| Food Safety Officer compliance visit | $390.00 |
| Additional charge if Issue of Improvement Notice or Direction exceeds the first hour | $195.00 |
| Issue of an Enforcement Notice or Direction by a Food Safety Officer (per notice) | $195.00 |
| Additional charge if issue of Enforcement Notice or Direction exceeds the first hour | $195.00 |
| Application for review of issue of Improvement Notice | $195.00 |
| Additional charge if an application for review of issue of Improvement Notice exceeds the first hour per hour | $195.00 |
| Item | Annual fee |
|---|---|
| FND (Funeral directors) | $412.00 |
| FND (Funeral directors – no mortuary, registration only) | $238.00 |
| CMP (Camping grounds) | $434.00 |
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Additional inspections of premises other than food premises (includes request and additional registration/compliance visits from third visit each registration year | $238.00 |
| Change of ownership of hairdresser, funeral director or campground | $120.00 |
| Late payment of food premises registration and FCP verification fees | additional 10% |
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