Fee and Licence Relief NSW
Licence and permit fee waivers for COVID-19 affected NSW businesses
Last Updated: 15 May 2020
Fee and Licence Relief NSW
The NSW government is waiving a range of licence and permit fees for businesses for 12 months.
Apply at any time.
What do you get?
A range of licence and permit fee waivers.
Who is this for?
New South Wales businesses.
Overview
The following fees and licences are eligible:
Liquor and Gaming NSW
Restaurants, bars, pubs, clubs, hotels, bottle shops (with three or less outlets) and most other licensed venues will benefit from the following being waived:
- new liquor licence application fees and pro-rata liquor licence fees
- annual liquor licence base fees and trading hours risk loading fees
- compliance risk loadings are not included but will be deferred and included as part of 2021-2022 annual liquor licence fees
Fee waivers for these licences start from 1 April.
NSW Fair Trading
The following fees will be waived:
From 1 April:
- paintball venue permit
- tattoo parlour operator licence
From 15 April:
- home building contractor licence
- trade or specialist contractor licence
- motor vehicle repairer specialist licence
From 20 April:
- licence fee for tattooists
- home building: qualified supervisor certificates
- home building: tradesperson certificates
- motor vehicle tradesperson certificates
SafeWork NSW
From 1 April 2020 new application and renewal fees will be waived for:
- pyrotechnician licences (e.g. fireworks)
- registration permits for an amusement device
From 15 April 2020 new application and renewal fees will be waived for:
- asbestos removal licences and asbestos assessor licences
- demolition licences
- high-risk worker licences
From 20 April 2020 new applications and renewal fees will be waived for:
- High Risk Work Assessor Accreditation
- SafeWork Registered Training Organisations (for asbestos, construction and high risk work training) – new applications only
How do you apply?
You can find out more about eligibility and how to apply at COVID-19 Fee and Licence Relief NSW.