Indexed fees
The Education and Care Services National Regulations set the fees for children's education and care services under the National Quality Framework which are indexed annually. Fees fall into two categories:
- the annual service fee, which applies to all approved services
- transaction fees, which are individual fees that apply to specific transactions.
Annual service fee
To keep arrangements as simple as possible, the annual fee takes into account the cost of many functions and activities performed by the regulatory authority, including:
- the national quality assessment and rating process
- monitoring and compliance activities
- internal review of decisions
- many types of transactions, such as applications to vary or amend service and provider approvals.
The annual service fee is payable by 1 July each year however in response to COVID-19 some jurisdictions are varying the timing and payment of this year’s fees. Approved providers will be advised by their regulatory authority of any variation to their payments.
Transaction fees
Transaction fees apply to specific applications and are payable when the application is made.
For example, transaction fees apply to applications for provider approval, service approval, applications for temporary waivers and service waivers, and transfers of service approvals.
Indexed fees for 2020-21 financial year - Effective 1 July 2020.
PRESCRIBED FEES
Based on schedule 2 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations
PART 1—FEES RELATING TO PROVIDER APPROVALS, SERVICE APPROVALS AND RATINGS
|
Transaction and Section of the Law |
Centre-based service (Number of approved places or places to be offered) |
Family day care (Number of educators engaged by or registered with service) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
small |
medium (25 to 80) |
large (81 or more) |
small (5 or less) |
medium (6 to 20) |
large (21 or more) |
|
|
Application for provider approval (s11(d)) |
$231 | |||||
| Application for amendment of provider approval (s22(2)(c)) | Nil | |||||
| Application to voluntarily suspend provider approval (s37(2)(c)) | Nil | |||||
| Application to approve executor as approved provider (s39(6)(c)) | Nil | |||||
| Application to approve legal personal representative or guardian as approved provider (s40(3)(c)) | Nil | |||||
| Application for service approval (s44(1)(e)) |
$462 |
$694 |
$926 |
$694 |
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| Annual service fee (s53) | $209 |
$316 |
$420 |
$209 |
$316 |
$420 |
|
Application for amendment of service approval (s54(2)(c)) |
Nil | |||||
| Notification of intended transfer of service approval (s59(2)(c)) | $112 | |||||
| Application to voluntarily suspend service approval (s85(2)(c)) | Nil | |||||
| Application for service waiver (s88(c)) | $112 | |||||
| Application for temporary waiver (s95(c)) | $112 | |||||
| Application to extend temporary waiver (s98(4)) | $112 | |||||
| Application for reassessment and re-rating (s139(2)(c)) |
$462 |
$694 |
$926 |
$462 |
$694 |
$926 |
| Application for review by Regulatory Authority of rating level (s141(4)(d)) | Nil | |||||
| Application for review by the Ratings Review Panel of rating level (s145(2)(c)) | $462 | $694 | $926 | $462 | $694 | $926 |
| Application for highest rating (Excellent) (s152(3)(c)) |
Nil |
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| Reapplication for highest rating (s159(3)(c)) |
Nil |
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PART 2—OTHER FEES
|
Transaction and Section of the Law |
Fee |
|---|---|
| Request for a copy of or extract from the register of Approved Providers or Approved Education and Care Services (s266(4) and s267(4)) | $5 per page or $73 for an electronic copy |
| Application for an assessment of a course to be included as an approved qualification (Regulation 138) |
$2322 |
| Application for determination of equivalent qualification (Regulation 139) | $114 |
SKILLED MIGRATION ASSESSMENT FEES
|
Transaction |
Fee |
|---|---|
| Application for a migration skills assessment | $1100 |
| Application for a review of a migration skills assessment | $990 |
| Application for a provisional skills assessment | $330 |
| Application for a review of a provisional skills assessment | $330 |