The council's decisions to change from three-yearly to annual certification and fees were overturned by the court in the PPTA case, and the previous arrangements were, effectively, reinstated. The bill does not change this position. It does, however, allow the council to retain the annual fees that have already been paid, credit these in part payment of the reinstated three-yearly fee that now applies, and require payment of the balance. This is more efficient than refunding the annual fees and invoicing those teachers, who have since had their annual certificate replaced by a three-year certificate, for the reinstated fee.