Application fee

7   For the purposes of section 4 (2) (c) of the Act, the following application fee is prescribed:

(a) for an application for the issuance of a designation certificate, $7 500;

(b) for an application for the renewal of a designation certificate, $5 500.

Administrative fee

8   (1) For the purposes of section 12 of the Act, the following administrative fee is prescribed:

(a) if the designated institution is an institution described in section 3 (a) (i) of the Act, a fee that consists of $2 for each international student enrolled at the institution at any time during the calendar year that precedes the date the institution applies for the issuance or renewal of a designation certificate;

(b) if the designated institution is an institution described in section 3 (a) (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the Act, a fee that consists of the sum of the following:

(i) the fee described in paragraph (a);

(ii) if the institution provides a program of instruction at more than one location and applies for the renewal of its designation certificate, a fee of $3 000.

(2) A designated institution must pay the administrative fee no later than 30 days after the date the notice of issuance or renewal of a designation certificate is, under section 29 (2) of the Act, deemed to have been received.

Appeal fee

9   For the purposes of section 21 (2) (b) of the Act, the prescribed appeal fee is $250.

Exemption from payment of fees

10   The following institutions are exempt from the payment of fees payable under the Act:

(a) a mandated institute as defined in section 1 of the First Nations Mandated Post-Secondary Institutes Act;

(b) an Indigenous institution as defined section 1 of the Fees and Student Tuition Protection Fund Regulation, B.C. Reg. 140/2016;

(c) the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology.