Licences Act - Licences Act Amendment Order 2010

This Order may be cited as the Licences Act Amendment Order and shall commence on the 1st April 2010.

Schedules 1 and 2 of the Licences Act are hereby repealed and substituted with the following.

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	ANNUAL FEE
Auctioneer	$ 40
Block Brick maker	$ 50
Commercial fisherman	$ 100
Commission agent	$ 40
Entertainment promoter (not required for traditional entertainment)	$ 100
Hairdresser / Barber	$ 20
Hawker	$ 50
Insurance agent or company	$ 500
Stalls	$ 10
Supplier of local construction materials Thatch supplier Coconut timber supplier	$ 10 $ 50
DJ / Sound system / Band hire a For music bands that use electric musical instruments b For music bands that use local and acoustic music instruments c For DJs and sound systems hire	$ 100 $ 50 $ 50
Fundraising Event Planner and Organiser (For planning and organising fundraising events such as, walkathons, raffle tickets, balls, bazaars, indoor games, concerts).	$ 20
Private Consultancy	$ 100
Sign writer or Graphic designer	$ 20
Lawn Mowing	$ 20
Photography	$ 50
Commercial dancing	$ 50
Security Services	$ 50
Building construction	$ 100
Architect	$ 100
Baker (for those who sell baked goods from a place other than where the goods were produced)	$ 50
SCHEDULE 2 (section 3(1) & 3 (2)) TRANSFERABLE LICENCES
	ANNUAL FEE
Bakery (for businesses that produce and sell baked goods from the place where the baked goods are produced)	$ 100
Hotels, Boarding houses (includes Guest Houses) a For hotels b For boarding houses including guest houses	$ 500 $ 200
Bus operator	$ 60
Commercial confectionery and tobacconist	$ 10
Commercial industry	$ 200
Commercial piggery	$ 50
Commercial poultry farm	$ 50
Construction Company	$ 100
Keeping entertainment premises (not required for traditional entertainment)	$ 40
Keeping a shop or store a For wholesalers, main stores, supermarkets and their branches b For canteens and other small shops	$ 200 $ 50
Keeping scales commercially	$ 10
Providing refreshment (including commercial teashops, milk bars, snack bars, cafés, selling ice-cream or ice blocks)	$ 30
Restaurant	$ 100
Vehicle hire (including taxis, trailers, motorcycles, trucks, vans)	$ 100
Equipment hire (including generator hire, washing machine hire, chainsaw hire)	$ 60
Laundry	$ 60
Mechanical workshop	$ 100
Plumber and tinsmith	$ 60
Video set / cassette hire	$ 50
Heavy equipment hire	$ 100
Coconut oil processing	$ 20
Computing and photocopying	$ 100
Internet café	$ 100
Tour Operator	$ 50
Kayak / Canoe hire	$ 20
Bookshop and Stationery	$ 50
Bars and Nightclubs	$ 200
Real Estate	$ 100
Fish Export Marketing	$ 100
Repair shops	$ 50
Printery	$ 50
Cinema	$ 50
Commercial Bingo	$ 200
Tailors	$ 50
Money Lending	$ 100
Money transfer Agency	$ 100
Boat hire	$ 50
Firewood sales	$ 10
Handicrafts	$ 50
Shipping agency	$ 100
Private Commercial Schools	$ 50
Private Commercial Newspapers	$ 100
Gas cylinder shop	$ 100
Public Market	$ 100

1. The fee for any activity in Schedule 1 and 2 is the maximum which may be imposed.

2. Any such fee may be reduced for the area of a local government council (section 5(4)).

3. Any person, persons or class of persons may be exempted from the payment in whole or in part of any such fee (proviso to section 3(1)).

The exemption may be made by the Minister in response to representations from local government councils or any other person as to which person or persons should be exempted. As examples, payment might be partially exempted on grounds of old age or on the grounds that a business was mainly a family concern."

Tuvalu Subsidiary Legislation

Licences Act - Licences Act Amendment Order 2010