Applying for and renewing a servicing licence

To test and verify measuring instruments used for trade, you must hold a current servicing licence.

To find out more about the requirements, read about servicing licensees.

To apply for or renew a servicing licence, you must:

pay the application fees (email tmlicensees@measurement.gov.au to request an invoice)
complete and submit the Servicing licensee application and renewal form
provide a National Police Check that is less than 12 months old for all directors and partners of the business (apply online through your state police website or in person at your local police station)
provide copies of all current Regulation 13 certificates for your reference standards
provide details about your quality management system using these templates:
- Sample Quality Manual for all classes excluding 4.3 [99KB DOCX]
- Sample Quality Manual for class 4.3 only [80KB DOCX]

We will not commence your licence application until you have paid all fees and may take up to 28 days to make a decision.

We grant servicing licences for up to 3 years.

Application fees

The application fees you pay depends on:

You pay:

$500 for a new application (paid once)
$550 per year for 1 verifier
$850 per year for 2 to 10 verifiers
$2050 per year for 11 to 50 verifiers
$3550 per year for 51 to 100 verifiers
$5800 per year for 101 verifiers or more
$125 for each instrument class when you’re applying for multiple instrument classes

The fee for a new servicing licence, based on 12 verifiers licenced in 3 instrument categories over 2 years:

To request an invoice, email tmlicensees@measurement.gov.au or phone 1300 686 664 and select option 2.

Last updated: 21 June 2019

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