Licences Act Amendment Order (LN No. 2 of 2010)

Licences Act Amendment Order CAP.56 Order 1   LICENCES ACT AMENDMENT ORDER LN No. 2 of 2010 MADE UNDER SECTION 3(3) OF THE LICENCES ACT COMMENCEMENT [1ST APRIL 2010] 1 Citation This Order may be cited as the Licences Act Amendment Order and shall commence on the 1st April 2010. 2 Order Schedules 1 and 2 of the Licences Act are hereby repealed and substituted with the following.  LN No. 2 of 2010 Page 1 SCHEDULE CAP.56 Licences Act Amendment Order SCHEDULE “SCHEDULE 1 (section 3(1)) NON-TRANSFERABLE LICENCES ANNUAL FEE Auctioneer $ 40 Block Brick maker $ 50 Commercial fisherman $ 100 Commission agent $ 40 Entertainment promoter (not required for traditional $ 100 entertainment) Hairdresser / Barber $ 20 Hawker $ 50 Insurance agent or company $ 500 Stalls $ 10 Supplier of local construction materials Thatch supplier $ 10 Coconut timber supplier $ 50 DJ / Sound system / Band hire a For music bands that use electric musical instruments $ 100 b For music bands that use local and acoustic music instruments $ 50 c For DJs and sound systems hire $ 50 Fundraising Event Planner and Organiser (For planning and organising fundraising events such as, walkathons, raffle $ 20 tickets, balls, bazaars, indoor games, concerts).  Page 2 LN No. 2 of 2010 Licences Act Amendment Order CAP.56 SCHEDULE 2 Private Consultancy $ 100 Sign writer or Graphic designer $ 20 Lawn Mowing $ 20 Photography $ 50 Commercial dancing $ 50 Security Services $ 50 Building construction $ 100 Architect $ 100 Baker (for those who sell baked goods from a place other than $ 50 where the goods were produced) SCHEDULE 2 (section 3(1) & 3 (2)) TRANSFERABLE LICENCES ANNUAL FEE Bakery (for businesses that produce and sell baked goods from the place where the baked goods are produced) $ 100 Hotels, Boarding houses (includes Guest Houses) a For hotels $ 500

b For boarding houses including guest houses $ 200 Bus operator $ 60 Commercial confectionery and tobacconist $ 10 Commercial industry $ 200 Commercial piggery $ 50 Commercial poultry farm $ 50 Construction Company $ 100 Keeping entertainment premises (not required for traditional $ 40  LN No. 2 of 2010 Page 3 SCHEDULE 2 CAP.56 Licences Act Amendment Order entertainment) Keeping a shop or store a For wholesalers, main stores, supermarkets and their branches $ 200 b For canteens and other small shops $ 50 Keeping scales commercially $ 10 Providing refreshment (including commercial teashops, milk bars, $ 30 snack bars, cafés, selling ice-cream or ice blocks) Restaurant $ 100 Vehicle hire (including taxis, trailers, motorcycles, trucks, vans) $ 100 Equipment hire (including generator hire, washing machine hire, $ 60 chainsaw hire) Laundry $ 60 Mechanical workshop $ 100 Plumber and tinsmith $ 60 Video set / cassette hire $ 50 Heavy equipment hire $ 100 Coconut oil processing $ 20 Computing and photocopying $ 100 Internet café $ 100 Tour Operator $ 50 Kayak / Canoe hire $ 20 Bookshop and Stationery $ 50 Bars and Nightclubs $ 200 Real Estate $ 100 Fish Export Marketing $ 100 Repair shops $ 50 Printery $ 50 Cinema $ 50 Commercial Bingo $ 200 Tailors $ 50  Page 4 LN No. 2 of 2010 Licences Act Amendment Order CAP.56 SCHEDULE 2 Money Lending $ 100 Money transfer Agency $ 100 Boat hire $ 50 Firewood sales $ 10 Handicrafts $ 50 Shipping agency $ 100 Private Commercial Schools $ 50 Private Commercial Newspapers $ 100 Gas cylinder shop $ 100 Public Market $ 100

1. The fee for any activity in Schedule 1 and 2 is the maximum which may be imposed. 2. Any such fee may be reduced for the area of a local government council (section 5(4)). 3. Any person, persons or class of persons may be exempted from the payment in whole or in part of any such fee (proviso to section 3(1)). The exemption may be made by the Minister in response to representations from local government councils or any other person as to which person or persons should be exempted. As examples, payment might be partially exempted on grounds of old age or on the grounds that a business was mainly a family concern.”  LN No. 2 of 2010 Page 5