"We know the Act does allow the BOARD to refuse to issue a practicing license if money is owing but they must take into account the circumstances and it is a Board decision not a decision for the Secretariat"

Does this mean that if i can provide finical circumstances as to why i cant pay the large yearly fee they must take this in to consideration and may have to give me a license if i can only provide part payment of the large fee? is this what this means?...because rearly not being able to pay a fee has nothing to do with being a compentant person it just means that you are in finical difficulty and should not be refused a license based on that fact alone.

I did a cpd course providie free by APEX valves thank you very much and i could put up my personal details but wont i will only say that at the moment i am working 3-4days a week due to low work load and could not under any circumstances AFFORD to fork out 200-300 extra for a cpd courses...F**k sake i only recieved my license in march and am already stressing out on how the frick im going to get the money to pay for the large yearly fee and all this cpd money needed...yesterday i lost another half days pay to attend that free cpourse by APEX thank you!...so this week i will get payed for 3 full days work missing on two days pay...WHY should i be punished because i dont have the funds to pay for all these costs it is rearly just going to force me to do illegal cash work or it will simply put me out of a job!...I am a compentant plumber but do not believe i should be punished because we are still recovering from a recession and work is tight out there and the auckland council being so anal on there building consents aint helping one little bit!.
You know if the board want REALISTIC comments just look at the dambd GDP reports only margional growth but mostly flat...NOW is NOT the time to put the squeeze on us to fork out more funds the money is just not there!...just take for example the GOVT going to veto the pregancy leave bill proposed by labour WHY  i ask you board members?...BECAUSE the country simply just cant afford it!...SO i ask you to not punish me next licensing peroid if i cant afford your extorniate fees and over the top need of cpd!. I have all the finical statments to back up what i am saying as well and will be happy for you to troll your way through it!.

Mr Bickers i feel you have no concept of reality at the moment if you are so singley minded to push this cpd stuff then at least make the system as cheep as you can for others out there...just because your wage/salary is delivered on a golden platter every month doesnt mean that we at the coal face are in the same boat i only ask that you hold us in mind when making decisions that will affect MY FAMILY as a whole!...The decisions you make do not affect you at all so be mindfull of making decisions that affect the life of not just me the plumber but the life of my FAMILY!!!.

Cheers for the help wal...I should have put it in the rant and rave section lol.
So if my fee is a condition of licensing and it is a required payment...how can they operate as a charity orgisination? or is this inncorect?

Too right jaxcat...its all thanks to the federation that i am able to understand how much wool these guys at the PGDB are trying to pull over my eyes!.