Application Forms, Fees, Guides & Guidelines
If you are considering applying for a WIC Act approval or licence, we strongly suggest you contact the Water Regulation and Compliance Water Team at IPART on 9290 8412 or email Christine Allen, Director Regulation and Compliance on Christine_Allen@ipart.nsw.gov.au to arrange a time to meet with us before you apply.
If you are applying for a modification or exclusion to the Deemed Customer Contract please see our application form, application guide and word version of the Deemed Customer Contract below.
Guides & guidelines to assist in applying
- WIC Act Design Capacity Guidelines
- WIC Act Scale Guide
- WIC Act Insurance Guide
- Application pathway flowcharts
Applying for Licence:
Applying for an approval:
- WIC Act Scheme Approval Application Form
- WIC Act Scheme Approval Application Guide
- Landowner consent to apply for Scheme Approval Form
- WIC Act Operational Approval Application Form
- WIC Act Operational Approval Application Guide
Applying for a modification or exclusion to the Deemed Customer Contract
- WIC Act Modification or Exclusion to the Deemed Customer Contract Application Form
- WIC Act Modification or Exclusion to the Deemed Customer Contract Application Guide
- WIC Act Deemed Customer Contract Word version
- Summary of Deemed Customer Contract
Licence and approval application fees 2025-2026
Following the commencement and implementation of amendments to the WIC Act we have identified an improvement to the fee structure can be made before our 5 year review of fees. We have increased the application fee for a combined operator/retailer licence by $2,000 based on the 2023-24 fee.
This change aligns the total cost of a combined licence with the cost of applying separately for an operator licence and a retailer licence and provides consistency in application fees across different licence types.
See our Fees Report for more detail on how we set fees.
| Type of application | Fee ($) |
| Operator licence | 6279 |
| Retailer licence | 6279 |
| Combined operator/retailer licence | 12558 |
| Convert combined to separate operator and retailer licences | 2093 |
| Part 5 assessment | 5233 |
| Variation of licence | 3140 |
| Scheme Approval | 8372 |
| Operational Approval | 2093 |
| Variation of Approval | 2093 |
Application fees for modification or exclusion to the Deemed Customer Contract
| Type of application | Fee ($) |
| Modification and/or exclusion application for new scheme/s | 2000 |
| Modification and/or exclusion application for existing transitioning scheme/s | 300 |
| Add a new scheme to an existing modification to and/or exclusion from the deemed customer contract | 300 |