Australian Capital Territory
Explanatory Statement
Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists (Fees) Determination 2002 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2002—159
made under the
Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists Registrations Registration Act 1988, s 73 (Determination of Fees)

The Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists Registration Act 1988 (the Act) provides for the registration of suitably qualified dental technicians and dental prosthetists and for related matters.

The Act empowers the Minister under subsection 73(1), by notice in the Gazette, to determine fees for the purposes of this Act.

This instrument revokes all existing fees and determinations under the Act which relate to:

Subsection 25(b), application fee for registration
Subsection 30(4), application fee for renewal of temporary registration
Subsection 33(3), fee for a duplicate certificate
Subsection 34(1), fee for annual renewal of registration
Subsection 34(4), fee for re-registration
Paragraph 36(b)(I), fee for alteration to the register
Paragraph 66(1)(a), fee for inspection of an entry in the register
Paragraph 66(1)(b), fee for a certified copy of an entry in the register;  and

sets fees for equivalent provisions under the principal Act.  These determinations are considered necessary to achieve full cost recovery for services provided by the Board. 

Paragraph 25(b) of the Act provides for payment of a fee on lodgement of applications for registration of a natural person as a dental technician (subsection 26(1));  a dental prosthetist (subsection 26(2));  a company as a dental technician (subsection 27(1);  a company as a dental prosthetist (subsection 27(2); for temporary registration as a dental technician (subsection 30(1)) and a dental prosthetist (subsection 30(2)).  The proposed increase for this fee is from $140.00 to $165.00 for dental technicians and from $175.00 to $200.00 for dental prosthetists.

Subsection 30(4) of the Act provides for renewal of temporary registration, subject to the payment of the determined fee. The proposed increase for this fee is from $140.00 to $165.00 for dental technicians and $175.00 to $200.00 for dental prosthetists.

Subsection 33(3) of the Act provides for a duplicate certificate to be issued to a person where the original has been lost or destroyed, subject to the payment of the determined fee.  This fee remains unchanged at $30.00 which is consistent with the determined fee for the same provision with the health professions boards.

Subsection 34(1) of the Act provides for the payment of a determined fee for annual renewal of registration as a dental technician and/or a dental prosthetist.  The proposed increase for this fee is from $140.00 to $165.00 for dental technicians and $175.00 to $200.00 for dental prosthetists.  

Subsection 34(4) of the Act provides for the payment of a fee for re-registration where registration was cancelled for failure to pay the annual renewal fee.  The proposed increase for this fee is from $140.00 to $165.00 for dental technicians and $175.00 to $200.00 for dental prosthetists, which is consistent with the proposed increase in the application fee and the annual renewal fee.

Paragraph 36(b)(i) of the Act requires for the payment of a determined fee in respect to any alterations made to particulars in the register at the request of the person.   This fee remains unchanged at $10.00 which is consistent with the determined fee for the same provision with other health professions boards.
 
Subsection 66(1)(a) of the Act provides for a person, upon the payment of a determined fee, to inspect an entry in the register.  This fee remains unchanged at $5.00 which is consistent with the determined fee for the same provision with other health professions boards.

Subsection 66(1)(b) of the Act provides for a person upon the payment of a determined fee to obtain a certified copy of an entry in the register.  This fee remains unchanged at $10.00 which is consistent with the determined fee for the same provision with other health professions boards.

A comparative chart of provisions and fees is as follows:

Dental Technicians and Dental
Prosthetists Registration Act 1988	TechniciansOld fee	Technicians
New fee	Prosthetists
Old fee	Prosthetists
New fee	
Fee for application for registration subsection 25(b), pursuant to sections 26, 27 and 30	$140.00	$165.00	$175.00	$200.00	
Fee for renewal of temporary registration subsection 30(4)	$140.00	$165.00	$175.00	$200.00	
Fee for a duplicate certificate subsection 33(3)	$ 30.00	$ 30.00	$ 30.00	$ 30.00	
Fee for annual renewal of registration subsection 34(1)	$140.00	$1650.00	$175.00	$200.00	
Fee for re-registration
subsection 34(4)	$140.00	$165.00	$175.00	$200.00	
Fee for alteration to the register paragraph 36(b)(I) 	$ 10.00	$ 10.00	$10.00	$ 10.00	
Fee for inspection of entry in the register paragraph 66(1)(a)	$  5.00	$  5.00	$  5.00	$  5.00	
Fee to obtain a certified copy of an entry in the register paragraph 66(1)(b)	$ 10.00	$ 10.00	$ 10.00	$ 10.00