Regulatory services fees and charges

The fees and charges below apply to regulatory services.

All fees are stated as GST inclusive and are effective from 1 July 2024. Council reserves the right to review any fees and charges at any time. Please check with us for any updates.

Where the actual fees incurred by council are higher than the fees shown, actual costs will be charged.

If a fee or charge for a Council service is not specifically listed below the charge or fee will be the total of the actual cost of materials, officer time incurred to provide the service, and GST.

These licence categories relate to commercial premises and activities.

Licence fees
Camping grounds licence (includes inspection and processing of up to two hours) $616.00
Funeral Directors mortuaries (includes inspection and processing of up to 2 hours)  $616.00
Hairdressers licence (includes inspection and processing of up to 2 hours)  $459.00
 Appearance industry premises registration (includes inspection of up to 2 hours) $475.00
Registration fee for a combined Hairdresser/Appearance Industry application (includes initial inspection up to 2.5 hours) $688.00
 Additional time for registration/inspection and investigation of justified complaints under the Appearance Industry bylaw $275.00 
Mobile and travelling shop  $324.00
Other traders*   $124.00
Transfer of licence  $124.00
 Environmental Health Officer (per hour) $275.00 
 Administration Officer (per hour) $140.00 
*This includes hawkers, itinerant traders and all other traders that do not come under the category of food trader or mobile and travelling shop.
Food premises licenced under the Food Act 2014  
Note: additional time spent on any activity listed below over and above the base time identified will be charged at the rate of $275.00 per hour.
Registration activities
Application for registration of Food Control Plan (FCP) based on a template or model issued by MPI (includes two hours of processing of application)   $500.00
Application for registration of a business subject to a national programme template (includes one hour of processing of application)   $275.00
Application for renewal of registration (includes one hour of processing of application)    $275.00
Application for amendment to registration(includes one hour for processing of application)    $275.00
Verification activities  

Verification of a food control plan based on a template or model issued by MPI (includes one hour of verification activity)

Additional time will be an hourly rate of $180.00

 per hour $275.00 
Verification of a food control plan based on a National Programme Three (NP3) template (includes two and half hours of verification activity)  per hour $275.00 
Verification of a food control plan based on a National Programme Two or One (NP2 or NP1) template (includes two hours of verification activities)  per hour $275.00 
Additional inspection fee or Food Control Plan re-audit fee per inspection  $275.00 
Food Control Plan Template   $18.00 
 Thermometer   $29.00 
Compliance activities  
All other services for which a fee may be set under the Food Act per hour $275.00