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Practising intention - dentists and dental specialists 25-26

Practising intention fees

Annual practising certificate (APC) fees provide the bulk of funding for Council’s day to day operations. These include the secretariat, member fees and expenses, strategic projects, competence cases, practice audits, and capital expenses such as IT equipment.

The disciplinary levy is set annually for each profession to provide funding for current disciplinary cases and for the costs of future disciplinary cases as they arise. These include the costs of professional conduct committees and proceedings of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. The Council can impose a special disciplinary levy at any time, to recover extraordinary discipline costs outside of the budgeted provisions. 

APC fees and disciplinary levies

The APC fee and disciplinary levy for the period 1 October 2025 - 30 September 2026:

 

  Excl GST

 Incl GST

Annual practising certificate fee

 $ 1,137.18

 $ 1,307.75

Disciplinary levy

  $  105.89

 $    121.77

Total payable 

 $ 1,243.07

 $ 1,429.52

Note: If you hold an APC for the 2024/25 practising year, but do not renew it by 30 September 2025, an additional processing fee of $95.00 excl GST/$109.25 incl GST will be added to the APC fee.

Applicants who apply for an APC within four months of the end of the annual practising cycle ending on 30 September 2026. This relates to the period 1 June 2026 to 30 September 2026:

 

  Excl GST

 Incl GST

Annual practising certificate fee

 $ 379.06

 $ 435.92

Disciplinary levy

 $   35.30

 $   40.59

Total payable (4 month fee)

 $ 414.36

 $ 476.51

Note: If you hold an APC for the 2024/25 practising year, but do not renew it by 30 September 2025, an additional processing fee of $95.00 excl GST/$109.25 incl GST will be added to the APC fee.

Non-practising fee 

 For the period 1 October 2025 - 30 September 2026

 Excl GST

 Incl GST

Retention fee for non-practising registrants

 $ 206.00

$ 236.90

Please note that the total amount payable shown may vary by up to 5 cents due to rounding of GST inclusive totals. If you want to know the equivalent value in other currencies, please refer to the Bank of New Zealand currency conversion webpage.

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