Plumbers, Gasfitters
and Drainlayers Board
Fees
Fees for registration and licensing
The fees listed here are effective from 1 April 2025.
Ways to pay is changing
From 1 July 2025, the Board will be removing credit card fields on registration and licensing application forms, and all payments will be made through the Trade Login.
The Board is making this change to reduce manual application wait times and remove handling credit card information.
Fees for first-time registration
For first-time registration as Restricted, Plumber, Gasfitter, Drainlayer, or Certifier the following fees apply:
| Fee (incl GST) | |
| Registration | $350.00 |
Note: If no other licence is held for the licensing year, the disciplinary levy and offences fee must also be paid on the application for registration and the following fees apply.
| Fee (incl GST) | |
| Registration | $350.00 |
| Annual practising licence fee (for that licensing year) | $100.00 |
| Disciplinary and prosecution levy | $275.00 |
| TOTAL | $725.00 |
Annual practising licence fee, disciplinary and prosecution levy
| Fee (incl GST) | |
| Annual practising licence - Restricted | $100.00 |
| Annual practising licence - Plumber, Gasfitter, Drainlayer | $100.00 |
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Annual practising licence - Certifier
|
$100.00 |
Note: in addition to paying the annual practising licence fee above, you are also required to pay the disciplinary and prosecution levy below.
| Disciplinary and prosecution levy | $275.00 |
| Discipline component $205.00 | |
| Prosecution component $70.00 |
Note: only one disciplinary and prosecution levy is payable per registered person, per licence period. For example:
| Number of licences held | Total cost per licensing year (incl. levy) |
| One | $375.00 |
| Two | $475.00 |
| Three | $575.00 |
Note: your annual practising licence will not be issued until the disciplinary and prosecution levy have been paid.
Exams, Trainee Certificates, Overseas Proficiency, Provisional and other licences
| Fee (incl GST) | |
| Trainee limited certificate | $65.00 (per trainee) |
| Exemption for fixing of water heaters by gasfitters (under section 24) | Full cost recovery |
| Exemption for specific sanitary plumbing work (under section 18) | Full cost recovery |
| Exemption for specific gasfitting work (under section 20) | Full cost recovery |
| Exemption from registration and licensing requirements and conditions (under section 52) | Full cost recovery |
| Notification of an exemption under supervision (for plumbing, gasfitting or drainlaying under sections 19, 21, and 25)* | $100.00 |
| Provisional licence (per trade) | $100.00 |
| Advanced proficiency application (non-refundable) | $690.00 |
| Advanced proficiency assessment | Full cost recovery |
| Certifying examination fee (per trade) | $410.00 |
| Plumbing, Gasfitting, Drainlaying examination fee (per trade) | $330.00 |
| Verbal examination (Certifying or Plumbing, Gasfitting, Drainlaying) | Full cost recovery |
| Examination paper reconsideration | $120.00 |
| Employer licence application fee | Full cost recovery |
Note: 'notification of an exemption under supervision' fees indicated in the table above are payable by the certifying gasfitter, plumber or drainlayer supervising that person.
What is the disciplinary and prosecution levy?
The Board is a regulatory body charged with ensuring that plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers practice safely and competently, with the primary goal of protecting public safety. This is required by law under the Act 2006.
Each year the Board collects a Disciplinary and prosecution levy from each registered person when they renew their practising licence. The levy covers two areas:
- discipline (by the Board in a hearing) of registered practitioners who have done substandard work (i.e. Restricted, Plumber/Gasfitter/Drainlayer, Certifying), and
- prosecution in court of non-registered people who do illegal, unauthorised work
The disciplinary levy goes directly towards costs arising out of prosecutions for registered and unregistered tradespeople and the prior investigation as set out in Section 143.
The fees paid by practitioners fully fund the execution of the Board’s regulatory functions. The Board receives no government funding and manages its operations on a full cost recovery basis.