Australian Capital Territory
Building (Fees) Determination 2002
Disallowable Instrument DI 2002 —104
made under the
Building Act 1972, Section 108 - Determination of Fees

1.	Pursuant to section 108 of the Building Act 1972 (the Act) I DETERMINE that the fees for the purposes of the Act shall be in accordance with the Schedule.

1.	The fees for services provided are specified in the Schedule hereunder in Column 2 and prices for 2002-2003 are specified in Column 4 opposite, in relation to that service.  Where applicable, GST inclusive fees are marked with a double         asterisk (**).

2.	Explanatory notes (including the previous year’s fee) are included in the Schedule.  Explanatory notes are included at the end of the Schedule, where applicable.  Headings and explanatory notes in the Schedule do not form part of the determination.  (For example: where new fees for 2002-03 are denoted by an “N/A” in 2001-02, if included in the schedule, would not form part of the determination).

3.	This Instrument commences on 1 July 2002.

Simon Corbell
Minister for Planning
26 June 2002

Section 15	Builders' Licences  
(a)	Where an applicant is not the holder of a builder’s licence, an applicant who is the holder of a builder’s licence applies for a different class of licence or a Section 14(6A) and for renewal of an expired licence
(i) if the applicant is a company of 2 or more persons carrying on a business	N/A	227.50	
Section 15	(ii) if the applicant is an individual
(b) (i) Application for renewal of licence within 10 days of expiry of another licence of the same kind	N/A 	157.00

	
Section 15	(ii)Application for renewal of licence after 10 days but within 60 days of expiry of another licence of the same kind	N/A	70.50	
Section 17	Issue of a licence for a period of–
(i) 1 year or less	N/A	340.00	
Section 17	 (ii) 2 years	N/A	583.00	
Section 17	(iii) 3 years	N/A	858.00	
Section 17	(iv) extension of an existing licence - per month (maximum period 3 years)	N/A	35.80	
Section 23A	Owner Builders’ Licence
Application	N/A	158.00	

Section 34	Building registration surcharge fee for existing work	N/A	Two times the calculated building levy for the value of work at the time of registration with Building Controller	
Section 34	Building Levy – (a) Building levy applies to all Building plans lodged by Private certifiers (including electrical) (b) $0 to $10,240	N/A	64.00	
Section 34	 $10,241 to $20,000	N/A	64.00 plus 0.625% of the amount in excess of $10,240	
Section 34	 $20,001 to $150,000	N/A	125.00 plus 0.5% of the amount in excess of $20,000	
Section 34	 $150,001 to $250,000	N/A	775.00 plus 0.45% of the amount in excess of $150,000	
Section 34	$250,001 to $500,000	N/A	1,225.00 plus 0.4% of the amount in excess of $250,000	
Section 34	 $500,001 to $1,000,000	N/A	2,225.00 plus 0.35% of the amount in excess of $500,000	
Section 34	 $1,000,001 to $10,000,000	N/A	3,975.00 plus 0.2% of the amount in excess of $1,000,000	
Section 34	 more than $10,000,000	N/A	21,975.00 plus 0.01% of the amount in excess of $10,000,000	
	Building Applications (BA) (Applicable only to applications lodged before 4 January 1999)
			
Section 33, Section 34	Amendment of Plans 
(a)	where an amendment does NOT involve the examination of the plans and does NOT alter the cost of work done, to ascertain the structural sufficiency, stability and safety of the building–
(i) residential building work	N/A	57.00	
Section 33, Section 34	(ii) commercial building work	N/A	90.00	
Section 33, Section 34	(b)  where an amendment requires re-examination of the plans and there is an increase in the value of the work, plus an amount equal to the difference between the fees previously paid if the amended plans had been submitted for approval as the original plans
(i) residential building work 	N/A	57.00	

Section 33, Section 34	Commercial Building Work 
	N/A	90.00	
Section 33, Section 34	(c) Where the amendment involves re-examination of the plans but there is NO increase in the cost of work–
(i)	residential building work–
	N/A	57.00	
Section 33, Section 34	
(ii)	commercial building work
(a) first amended plan	N/A	57.00	
Section 33, Section 34	 (b) each additional amended plan in the one lodgment	N/A	44.00	
Section 33	Plans or Amendments that depart from the Building code–
Approval of plans or an amendment of plans where the plans or the amendment include a matter the acceptable requirements and standards of which are not set out in the Building Code-
(a) Residential building work in addition to any other fee that is payable	N/A	86.00	
Section 33	Commercial building work-in addition to any other fee that is payable 	N/A	195.00	
Section 33, Section 34	Registration of amended plans to already registered building plans	N/A	13.50	

	Building Levy for Commercial and residential building work within a local centre – Building levy for commercial and residential building work within a local centre as defined by the Territory Plan as Local Centre (Commercial ‘D’), if there is in respect of that development a declaration under regulation 18 of the Land (Planning and Environment) regualtions	N/A	Nil	
Section 34	Certificate of Regularisation – A certificate of regularisation authorises the continuing occupation of a building that was constructed by the Commonwealth or ACT Government without requiring approval or a certificate of occupation under section 53 of the Act and has now been sold, or is to be sold. The amount depends on the value of the work and is the same as that determined as payable for a certificate of occupation  $0 to $10,240	N/A	64.00	
Section 34	 $10,241 to $20,000	N/A	64.00 plus 0.625% of the amount in excess of $10,240	
Section 34	 $20,001 to $150,000	N/A	125.00 plus 0.5% of the amount in excess of $20,000	
Section 34	 $150,001 to $250,000	N/A	775.00 plus 0.45% of the amount in excess of $150,000	
Section 34	$250,001 to $500,000	N/A	1,225.00 plus 0.4% of the amount in excess of $250,000	
Section 34	 $500,001 to $1,000,000	N/A	2,225.00 plus 0.35% of the amount in excess of $500,000	
Section 34	 $1,000,001 to $10,000,000	N/A	3,975.00 plus 0.2% of the amount in excess of $1,000,000	
Section 34	More than $10,000,000	N/A	$21,975.00 plus 0.1% of the amount in excess of $10,000,000