Any Electrician, that can prove he is a qualified competent electrician should be able to be registered with his local council. Once registered there should be no fee whatsoever involved, or only the same fee that a scheme provider pays ...if they pay the council fee's at all!!
As far as i gather, if your registered with a council as an approved qualified electrician, then you don't need to be with scheme provider, and don't need a third party inspection, by the council, or a by a councils allocated electrical contractor on there behalf... Which is where these extortionate council fee's derive from!!
So how do you register with said council? And what do you need to register? Is there a website etc that explains this? Cheers.