NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 77 — 1 SEPTEMBER 2016

Accreditation of Degree Programmes – cost recovery

Direct professional fees, travel, accommodation and other costs for site evaluation team members together with Council administration expenses for teleconference meetings, printing and postage etc., will be charged to the Educational Institution under review, based on actual costs incurred. Dental Council secretariat administrative overheads incurred throughout the accreditation process will also be charged to the Educational Institution under review.

Application for "removal of exclusion" course approval by providers who do provide training as part of a primary Dental Council accredited qualification

1,736.80

Application for "removal of exclusion" course approval by providers who do not provide training as part of a primary Dental Council accredited qualification

3,763.15

Application for approval of courses to equip registered oral health practitioners for registration in an additional scope of practice, for course providers who do provide training as part of a primary Dental Council accredited qualification

3,444.44

Application for approval of courses to equip registered oral health practitioners for registration in an additional scope of practice, for course providers who do not provide training as part of a primary Dental Council accredited qualification

6,031.11

Annotation of Notes

1Fee will be adjusted for any specific requirements of the individual programme, third party costings and Dental Council secretariat administrative overheads at the time the programme is established.

2Direct professional fees and travel and accommodation expenses for supervisors, those providing oversight, tutor/course administrators etc. and Dental Council secretariat administrative overheads are to be reimbursed by the practitioner on the individual programme. Expenses claimed are on an actual and reasonable basis in accordance with the Dental Council’s fees and payments, and expenses and reimbursement policies. Course materials, venue costs and administration expenses such as printing and postage will be charged based on actual costs.

Explanatory note

This notice updates the Dental Council fee schedule with effect from 1 October 2016. The changes consist of:

• Revised Dentist and Dental Specialist annual practising certificate (APC) fee and disciplinary levy, and consequential changes to the Dentist and Dental Specialist four month APC fee. The changes in fee and levy were consulted on with dentists and dental specialists, and other stakeholders during July and August 2016. Following the close of the consultation period on 18 August 2016, revised 2016/17 fee and levy were approved by the Dental Council at its meeting on 24 August 2016.
• The Council is no longer offering NZDREX assessments for dentists. The Council is outsourcing its NZDREX assessments to the National Dental Examining Board of Canada.
• Except as described above, no other changes have been made to fees as previously published in the Oral Health Practitioners (Fees) Notice 2016 (No. 1) published in the New Zealand Gazette, 25 February 2016, Issue No. 16, Notice No. 2016-gs1072.

2016-gs4939

Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Amendment No. 165

The following instruments are separate instruments in the Federal Register of Legislation and are known collectively in the Food Standards Gazette as Amendment No. 165.

Food Standards (Application A1118 - Food derived from Herbicide-tolerant Corn Line MON87419) Variation

The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this variation under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The variation commences on the date specified in clause 3 of the variation.

Dated 29 August 2016.

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