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These regulations may be cited as the Professional Standards Regulations 1998 1.
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Bill homepageThese regulations may be cited as the Professional Standards Regulations 1998 1.
These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Professional Standards Act 1997 comes into operation 1.
On making an application to the Council for approval of a scheme, or an amendment to or revocation of a scheme, an occupational association must pay a fee of $5 000 to the Council.
[(2) deleted]
[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5873.]
In this regulation —
scheme year, in respect of a scheme in force under the Act, means a year beginning on the day the scheme begins or on an anniversary of that day.
This regulation applies to any occupational association whose members are subject to a scheme in force under the Act.
In each scheme year of a scheme an occupational association must pay to the Council a fee of $50 for each of those members of the association who are ordinarily resident in the State and who are subject to the scheme at any time during the year.
The association must pay the fee —
if the scheme commences during the period of 3 months ending on 31 March in any year — not later than 31 March in each year;
if the scheme commences during the period of 3 months ending on 30 June in any year — not later than 30 June in each year;
if the scheme commences during the period of 3 months ending on 30 September in any year — not later than 30 September in each year;
if the scheme commences during the period of 3 months ending on 31 December in any year — not later than 31 January of each following year.
If the scheme becomes applicable to an additional member of the occupational association who is ordinarily resident in the State after the association pays the fee for a scheme year, the association must pay the fee in relation to the additional member for that scheme year by the date the fee for the next scheme year is due under subregulation (4).
[Regulation 4 inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5873‑4; amended: SL 2026/180 r. 4.]
The Council may, if it considers that there are special reasons for doing so in a particular case, remit the whole or any part of a fee payable under regulation 3 or 4.
The Council may delegate its power to remit payment of a fee to a person holding the position of executive officer of the Council.
The maximum amount the person may remit under the delegation in a particular case is $250.
[Regulation 5 inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5875.]
For the purposes of section 45(2) of the Act, the following form of statement is prescribed —
“
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.
”.
[(2) deleted]
[Regulation 6 inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5875; amended: SL 2026/180 r. 5.]