Contractor Licence - Mechanical Services and Medical Gas Work - Company / Partnership - New South Wales

Description

You will need this licence to contract and advertise to carry out mechanical services and medical gas work.

Mechanical services and medical gas work is defined as:

a) The construction, installation, replacement, repair, alteration, maintenance, testing or commissioning of a mechanical heating, cooling or ventilation system in a building, which is associated with the heating, cooling or ventilation of that building and includes:

  1. any valve, regulator, pipe, flue, tank, heating or cooling pipe or surface, boiler, burner, solid fuel heater, coil or other item that is used in the system
  2. in the case of a cooling tower, any water pipe, valve, pump, automated dosing device or automated bleeding device or any other mechanical component that affects the cooling tower's cooling water flow rate or wastewater disposal
  3. roof sheeting and roof flashing that is necessary for the purpose of any work described in this paragraph or paragraphs (b)-(d), and

b) medical gasfitting work, and

c) the installation, commissioning and any incidental design work that is associated with the installation and commissioning of:

  1. any part of a single head split system, or
  2. a ceiling cassette system, or
  3. an add-on condenser unit for a ducted system associated with the heating and cooling of a building, and

d) any design work incidental to, or associated with, work described in paragraphs (a) and (b).

It does not include:

  • gasfitting work
  • work on a cooling tower drift eliminator
  • treatment of cooling or heating water
  • cleaning of a cooling tower
  • disassembly or reassembly of a flue terminal for the purposes of cleaning a solid fuel heater
  • connection or disconnection of a system referred to in paragraphs (a)-(d) from a water supply other than disconnection of the system from a water supply at an isolating valve adjacent to a mechanical component of that system.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this licence, you must:

  • be considered a fit and proper person for the purposes of the licence
  • not be disqualified from holding an authority under the relevant legislation
  • have the necessary qualifications and practical experience as specified by the Authority
  • not be a debtor to NSW Fair Trading or Administration Corporation
  • not be subject to an unsatisfied Tribunal order
  • not hold any authority which is currently suspended or have had an unreasonable number of complaints, penalties or cautions against you
  • have not performed work subject to an unreasonable number of insurance claims
  • not be bankrupt or a director or person concerned in the management of a company that is the subject of a winding up order or for which a controller or administrator has been appointed
  • not, within the period of 3 years before the date of the application, have been bankrupt or a director or person concerned in the management of a company when the company was the subject of a winding up order or when a controller or administrator was appointed
  • have not been a director, partner or person concerned in the management of a company or partnership that was disqualified from holding an authority within 3 years before the date of the application, unless the Director-General is satisfied that the applicant took all reasonable steps to prevent the conduct that led to the disqualification
  • provide details of required insurance under the Home Building Compensation Fund.

Duration

1, 3 or 5 years

Expiry

Anniversary of the date of issue

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All -

Grant of licence - corporation:

  • 1 year - $602.00
  • 3 year - $1273.00
  • 5 year - $2230.00.

Fees for 2024-25

Apply Application All -

Restoration of licence - partnership:

  • 1 year - $483.00
  • 3 year - $1065.00
  • 5 year - $1824.00.

Fees for 2024-25

Apply Application All -

Restoration of licence - corporation:

  • 1 year - $558.00
  • 3 year - $1250.00
  • 5 year - $2207.00.

Fees for 2024-25

Apply Application All -

Grant of licence - partnership:

  • 1 year - $525.00
  • 3 year - $1088.00
  • 5 year - $1847.00.

Fees for 2024-25

General Duplicate Certificate All $57.00

Replacement licence. Fees for 2024-25

Renew Renewal All -

Renewal of licence - partnership:

  • 1 year - $414.00
  • 3 year - $1002.00
  • 5 year - $1736.00.

Fees for 2024-25

Renew Renewal All -

Renewal of licence - corporation:

  • 1 year - $491.00
  • 3 year - $1183.00
  • 5 year - $2119.00.

Fees for 2024-25

Vary Variation All $195.00

Add a trade or specialist category to licence. Fees for 2024-25

Vary Variation All $913.00

Add a building category to licence - corporation. Fees for 2024-25

Vary Variation All $836.00

Add a building category to licence - partnership. Fees for 2024-25

Other resources

Act(s) name

Home Building Act 1989 New South Wales

Regulation(s) name

Home Building Regulation 2014 New South Wales

Approval time

Approximately 10-12 weeks

Administering agency

Department of Customer Service

NSW Fair Trading

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.