Government Fees Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (BR 21/2015)

FA E R N AT F TQUO U BERMUDA GOVERNMENT FEES AMENDMENT (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2015 BR 21 / 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Citation Revokes and replaces Head 3 Amends Head 6 Revokes and replaces Head 16 Revokes and replaces Head 19 Revokes and replaces Head 20 Amends Head 24 Revokes and replaces Head 39 Amends Head 43 Revokes and replaces Head 44 Revokes and replaces Head 48 Revokes and replaces Head 49 Revokes and replaces Head 52 Amends Head 53 Transitional Commencement The Minister of Finance, in exercise of the power conferred by section 2 of the Government Fees Act 1965, makes the following Regulations: Citation These Regulations, which amend the Government Fees Regulations 1976 (the “principal Regulations”), may be cited as the Government Fees Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2015. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 1 GOVERNMENT FEES AMENDMENT (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2015 Revokes and replaces Head 3 The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by revoking and replacing Head 3 with the following— “ Head 3 Allied Health Professions Act 1973 (1) Applying for registration to practise a specified profession under section 5 $120 (2) Applying for renewal of registration to practise a specified profession under section 5A $80 (3) Fee for late renewal of registration to practise a specified profession $40 (4) Requesting a certificate of professional standing regarding a person practising a specified profession $20 ”. Amends Head 6 Head 6 (Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act 1956) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting the following after paragraph (22AB)— “ (22AC) Waiver of advertising $500 ”. Revokes and replaces Head 16 The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by revoking and replacing Head 16 with the following— “ Head 16 Condominium Act 1986 (1) Issuing a certificate from the Director of Planning under section 6(j) that planning permission has been granted $570 (2) Applying for the incorporation of a condominium under section 5 $650 (3) Applying to amend, repeal or replace bye-laws under section 18 $250 (4) Making a memorandum in the register of termination of condominium status under section 42 $250 ”. Revokes and replaces Head 19 The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by revoking and replacing Head 19 with the following— 2 3 4 5 2 GOVERNMENT FEES AMENDMENT (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2015 “ Head 19 Dental Practitioners Act 1950 (1) Applying for registration as a Dental Practitioner under section 7 $380 (2) Applying for re-registration as a Dental Practitioner under section 7A $253 (3) Applying for authorization— (a) for a visiting dental practitioner under section 19 $65 (b) for a locum tenens under section 21 $65 (4) Applying for registration as a Dental Hygienist or Dental Technician under section 7 $150 (5) Applying for re-registration as a Dental Hygienist or Dental Technician under section 7A $100 (6) Fee for late re-registration as a Dental Practitioner, Dental Hygienist or Dental Technician $40 (7) Requesting a certificate of professional standing regarding a Dental Practitioner, Dental Hygienist or Dental Technician $20 ”. Revokes and replaces Head 20 The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by revoking and replacing Head 20 with the following— “ Head 20 Department of Works and Engineering Act 1984 (renamed Public Lands Act 1984) (1) Issuing a permit to excavate a highway under section 11 $337.05 (2) Tynes Bay weight-bridge weekdays (waste per tonne) $105 (3) Tynes Bay weight-bridge weekends and public holidays (waste per tonne) $115 (4) Water consumption rate (cost per 1,000 imperial gallons) $22 (5) Bulk water consumption rate (cost per 1,000 imperial gallons) $23 (6) Disposal of unprocessed horticultural waste at Marsh Folly Dump $25 per load (7) Disposal of processed (chipped) horticultural waste at Marsh folly Dump $25 per load (8) Disposal of inert materials (construction waste etc.) white goods and metals at Airport Waste Management Facility $25 per load 6 3 GOVERNMENT FEES AMENDMENT (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2015 Head 20 Department of Works and Engineering Act 1984 (renamed Public Lands Act 1984) (9) Permit to create a new vehicular access onto a public road $450 (10) Disposal of Septage at Tynes Bay Septage Plant $15 per tonne ”. Amends Head 24 Head 24 (Electronic Communications Act 2011) of the principal Regulations is amended in paragraph (1) by deleting “2.05%” and substituting “2.25%”. Revokes and replaces Head 39 The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by revoking and replacing Head 39 with the following— “ Head 39 Medical Practitioners Act 1950 (1) Applying for registration as a Medical Practitioner under section 7 $475 (2) Applying for re-registration as a Medical Practitioner under section 7B $317 (3) Applying for authorization— (a) for a visiting dental practitioner under section 21 $65 (b) for a locum tenens under section 22 $65 (4) Fee for late re-registration as a Medical Practitioner $40 (5) Requesting a certificate of professional standing regarding a Medical Practitioner $20 ”. Amends Head 43 Head 43 (Nursing Act 1997) of the Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended— in paragraph (1) by deleting “$80” and substituting “$120”; in paragraph (2) by deleting “$40” and substituting “$60”; in paragraph (3) by deleting “$53” and substituting “$80”; in paragraph (4) by deleting “$27” and substituting “$40”. 7 8 9 (a) (b) (c) (d) 4 GOVERNMENT FEES AMENDMENT (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2015 Revokes and replaces Head 44 The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by revoking and replacing Head 44 with the following— “ Head 44 Optometrists and Opticians Act 2008 (1) Applying for registration as an Optometrist or Optician under section 6 $285 (2) Applying for re-registration as an Optometrist or Optician under section 8 $190 (3) Fee for late re-registration as an Optometrist or Optician under section 8 $40 (4) Requesting a certificate of professional standing regarding an Optometrist or Optician $20 ”. Revokes and replaces Head 48 The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by revoking and replacing Head 48 with the following— “ Head 48 Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1979 (1) Applying for registration as a Pharmacist under section 7 $180 (2) Applying for re-registration as a Pharmacist under section 7 $120 (3) Fee for late re-registration as a Pharmacist $40 (4) Applying to re-register as a non-practising Pharmacist under section 7A(1) $45 (5) Applying to re-register as a practising Pharmacist under section 7A(4) $180 (6) Requesting a certificate of professional standing regarding a Pharmacist $20 (7) Registering premises as a pharmacy under section 17 $2,000 ”. Revokes and replaces Head 49 The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by revoking and replacing Head 49 with the following— 10 11 12 5 GOVERNMENT FEES AMENDMENT (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2015 “ Head 49 Post Office Act 1900 (1) Issuing an annual Licence under section 6A— (a) Class A Licence: International and domestic operator with international and domestic delivery network $15,000 (b) Class B Licence: One and two-way bonded mail operator receiving mail items from overseas with a local delivery network and an international supported network for local mail items $10,000 (c) Class C Licence: Domestic mail processor with local and bulk mail pick-up and delivery network $7,500 (d) Class D Licence: Domestic mail drop-off and centralized mail pick-up and delivery service provider $2,500 ”. Revokes and replaces Head 52 The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by revoking and replacing Head 52 with the following— “ Head 52 Psychological Practitioners Act 1998 (1) Applying for registration as a Psychologist under section 8 $223 (2) Applying for renewal of registration as a Psychologist under section 11 $149 (3) Fee for late application to renew registration under section 12 $40 (4) Requesting a certificate of professional standing $20 ”. Amends Head 53 Head 53 (Public Health Act 1949) of the Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by revoking and replacing paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) and by inserting a new paragraph (17), as follows— “ (1) Applying under the Public Health (Hospitals) Regulations 2002 for— (a) registration under regulation 5 $5,000 (b) provisional registration under regulation 6 $5,000 (c) renewal of registration under regulation 8 $2,000 (2) Applying under the Public Health (Clinical Laboratories) Regulations 2002 for— 13 14 6 GOVERNMENT FEES AMENDMENT (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2015 (a) registration under regulation 5 $2,000 (b) provisional registration under regulation 6 $2,000 (c) renewal of registration under regulation 8 $600 (3) Applying under the Public Health (Diagnostic Facilities) (Mammography) Regulations 2000 for— (a) registration under regulation 5 $2,000 (b) provisional registration under regulation 6 $2,000 (c) renewal of registration under regulation 8 $300 (17) Removing biomedical and pharmaceutical waste under section 41(2)— (a) transportation per collection $40 (b) plus fee per Kg $1.40 ”. Transitional Nothing in these Regulations affects the validity of a fee that is paid before the coming into operation of these Regulations. Commencement Subject to paragraph 15, these Regulations come into operation on 1 April 2015. Made this 26th day of March 2015 Acting Minister of Finance 15 16 7