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42A Refund of application fees for certain 3-year licences and certificates

(1) This clause applies to an application fee paid by or on behalf of a person who has had his or her licence or certificate cancelled by the Director-General because:

(a) the person requested that the licence or certificate be cancelled, or

(b) the person died,

but only if the licence or certificate was for a 3-year duration.

(2) A person may apply to the Director-General for a refund of an application fee to which this clause applies if the person:

(a) paid the application fee, or

(b) is the legal personal representative of a deceased person who paid the application fee, or

(c) is applying for or on behalf of the person who paid the application fee.

(3) A person who makes an application under subclause (2) is:

(a) in the case of an application relating to a licence or certificate that was cancelled not more than one year after the date of the grant, renewal or restoration of the licence or certificate-to be refunded two-thirds of the fixed component of the application fee so paid, or

(b) in the case of an application relating to a licence or certificate that was cancelled more than one year but not more than two years after the date of the grant, renewal or restoration of the licence or certificate-to be refunded one-third of the fixed component of the application fee so paid.

(4) In this clause:
"application fee" means any of the following:

(a) an application fee for the grant of a new licence or certificate,

(b) an application fee for the renewal of a licence or certificate,

(c) an application fee for the restoration of a licence or certificate.

"certificate" means:

(a) an other construction or specialist work supervisor certificate, or

(b) a tradesperson certificate.

"fixed component" of an application fee is the amount set out in Column 4 of Schedule 4 in relation to the fee.
"licence" means a contractor licence.