Licence and permit fee waivers for COVID-19 affected NSW businesses

The NSW government is waiving a range of licence and permit fees for businesses for 12 months.

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.