{"id":"BILL-TAS-occupational-licensing-amendment-bill-2026-6-of-2026","name":"Occupational Licensing Amendment Bill 2026","slug":"occupational-licensing-amendment-bill-2026","collection":"bill","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":"2026-01-01","administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":446197,"registerId":"BILL-TAS-occupational-licensing-amendment-bill-2026-6-of-2026:current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-01-01","status":"in_force","reasons":null,"registeredAt":"2026-05-08T16:48:40.850Z"},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"retrieval-0001","sectionType":"document_chunk","heading":"Document excerpt 1","content":"# Occupational Licensing Amendment Bill 2026\n\n[Bill 6]-VII\nTASMANIA\n__________\nOCCUPATIONAL LICENSING AMENDMENT\nBILL 2026\n__________\nCONTENTS\nPART 1 – PRELIMINARY\n1. Short title\n2. Commencement\nPART 2 – OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING ACT 2005 AMENDED\n3. Principal Act\n4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)\n5. Section 22A amended (Obligation to hold building services\nlicence)\n6. Section 28 amended (Insurance cover for contractors)\n7. Sections 37AB, 37AC, 37AD, 37AE and 37AF inserted\n37AB. Interpretation of Division\n37AC. Excluded person\n37AD. Influential person\n37AE. Permitted individual\n37AF. Applications for determinations under section 37AC\n8. Section 37A amended (Application for building services licence)\n9. Section 37B amended (Determination of application)\n10. Section 37C amended (Certain organisations may apply for\nbuilding services licence)\n11. Section 37D amended (Continuation of building services licence\nheld by certain organisations)\n\n2\n12. Section 37E amended (Deemed registration of holder of building\nservices licence)\n13. Sections 37F, 37G, 37H, 37I and 37J inserted\n37F. Cancellation of prescribed building services licence\n37G. Permanent exclusion of persons\n37H. Revocation of declaration\n37I. Publication of details of excluded persons and\npermanently excluded persons\n37J. Offences if excluded person or permanently\nexcluded person employed\n14. Section 49 amended (Registers)\n15. Section 79 amended (Reviewable decisions)\n16. Section 91 amended (Notice of intent to take disciplinary action)\n17. Section 92 repealed\n18. Section 93 amended (Disciplinary action)\n19. Section 94 repealed\n20. Section 104A inserted\n104A. Review of amendments made by Occupational\nLicensing Amendment Act 2026\n21. Schedule 5 amended (Transitional and Savings Provisions)\nPART 3 – BUILDING ACT 2016 AMENDED\n22. Principal Act\n23. Section 99A inserted\n99A. Excluded person not to perform notifiable building\nwork\n24. Section 148A inserted\n148A. Excluded person not to perform permit building\nwork\nPART 4 – RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WORK CONTRACTS AND\nDISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT 2016 AMENDED\n25. Principal Act\n26. Section 78A inserted\n78A. Excluded person not to enter into residential building\nwork contract\n\n3\nPART 5 – REPEAL OF ACT\n27. Repeal of Act\n\n4\n\n[Bill 6] 5\nOCCUPATIONAL LICENSING AMENDMENT\nBILL 2026\nThis Public Bill originated in the House of Assembly, and, having this day passed, is\nnow ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for its concurrence.\nLAURA ROSS, Clerk of the House\n25 March 2026\n(Brought in by the Minister for Small Business, Trade and\nConsumer Affairs, the Honourable Guy Barnett)\nA BILL FOR\nAn Act to amend the Occupational Licensing Act 2005, the\nBuilding Act 2016 and the Residential Building Work\nContracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016\nBe it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by\nand with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and\nHouse of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:\nPART 1 – PRELIMINARY\n1. Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Occupational\nLicensing Amendment Act 2026.\n2. Commencement\nThe provisions of this Act commence on a day\nor days to be proclaimed.\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 3 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n6\nPART 2 – OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING ACT 2005\nAMENDED\n3. Principal Act\nIn this Part, the Occupational Licensing Act\n2005* is referred to as the Principal Act.\n4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)\nSection 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended as\nfollows:\n(a) by inserting the following definition after\nthe definition of document:\nexcluded person means a person that\nis an excluded person for the\npurposes of this Act under section\n37AC;\n(b) by inserting the following definition after\nthe definition of owner builder permit:\npermanently excluded person means a\nperson that is declared to be a\npermanently excluded person\nunder section 37G;\n_______________________________________________________________\n*No. 47 of 2005\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 5\n7\n5. Section 22A amended (Obligation to hold building\nservices licence)\nSection 22A of the Principal Act is amended by\ninserting after subsection (2) the following\nsubsection:\n(2A) Nothing in subsection (2)(b), (ba) and\n(bb) authorises an excluded person or a\npermanently excluded person to manage\nor carry out building services work, or to\nenter into a contract to manage or carry\nout building services work, under the\nauthority of a prescribed building\nservices licence held by another person.\n6. Section 28 amended (Insurance cover for\ncontractors)\nSection 28(2) of the Principal Act is amended by\ninserting “section 37F or” after “under”.\n7. Sections 37AB, 37AC, 37AD, 37AE and 37AF\ninserted\nBefore section 37A of the Principal Act, the\nfollowing sections are inserted in Division 3A:\n37AB. Interpretation of Division\nIn this Division –\nbankruptcy event, in relation to a\nperson, means the occurrence of\nany of the following events:\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 7 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n8\n(a) the person applies to take\nthe benefit of any law for\nthe relief of bankrupt or\ninsolvent debtors;\n(b) the person becomes\nbankrupt;\nconstruction company means an\norganisation, whether\nincorporated or unincorporated,\nthat directly or indirectly –\n(a) carries out construction\nwork in this State or in\nany other State or a\nTerritory; or\n(b) carried out construction\nwork in this State or in\nany other State or a\nTerritory during the\nperiod of 2 years\nimmediately before a\nspecified event occurred\nto that organisation;\nconstruction work includes –\n(a) building services work;\nand\n(b) building work, within the\nmeaning of the Building\nAct 2016;\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 7\n9\nexcluded licence means a building\nservices licence that is within a\nclass of building services licences\nthat is prescribed for the purposes\nof this definition;\ninfluential person – see\nsection 37AD;\ninsolvency event, in relation to a body\ncorporate, means that, for the\nbenefit of a creditor –\n(a) a provisional liquidator,\nliquidator, administrator\nor controller is appointed\nto the body corporate; or\n(b) the body corporate is\nwound up or is ordered to\nbe wound up;\npermitted individual means an\nindividual declared by the\nAdministrator under\nsection 37AE to be a permitted\nindividual for the purposes of this\nDivision;\nprescribed building services licence\nmeans a building services licence\nthat is within a class of building\nservices licences that is\nprescribed for the purposes of this\ndefinition, but does not include a\nbuilding services licence that is\nan excluded licence;\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 7 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n10\nspecified event means a bankruptcy\nevent or an insolvency event.\n37AC. Excluded person\n(1) An individual is an excluded person for\nthe purposes of this Act if –\n(a) a bankruptcy event occurs in\nrelation to the individual; and\n(b) less than 3 years have elapsed\nsince the bankruptcy event\noccurred.\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), an individual is\nalso an excluded person for the purposes\nof this Act if –\n(a) an insolvency event occurs in\nrelation to a construction\ncompany; and\n(b) less than 3 years have elapsed\nsince the insolvency event\noccurred; and\n(c) the individual –\n(i) was, at the time at which\nthe insolvency event\noccurred, a director or\nsecretary of, or an\ninfluential person in\nrelation to, the\nconstruction company; or\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 7\n11\n(ii) was, at any time within\nthe period of 2 years\nimmediately preceding\nthe insolvency event, a\ndirector or secretary of, or\nan influential person in\nrelation to, the\nconstruction company.\n(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to\nan individual in respect of a specified\nevent if the individual has been declared\na permitted individual for the specified\nevent.\n(4) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect\nof an individual if the Administrator\nmakes a determination that, at the time at\nwhich the individual ceased to be an\ninfluential person, director or secretary in\nrelation to the construction company, the\ncompany was solvent.\n(5) A body corporate is an excluded person\nfor the purposes of this Act if –\n(a) an insolvency event occurs in\nrelation to the body corporate;\nand\n(b) less than 3 years have elapsed\nsince the insolvency event\noccurred.\n(6) An organisation, whether incorporated or\nunincorporated, is an excluded person for\nthe purposes of this Act if that\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 7 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n12\norganisation has a director, secretary,\npartner or influential person who is an\nexcluded person or a permanently\nexcluded person.\n(7) Despite subsection (6), an organisation is\ntaken never to have been an excluded\nperson by reason only that a director,\nsecretary, partner or influential person of\nthe organisation becomes an excluded\nperson or a permanently excluded person\nif –\n(a) the organisation did not know,\nand could not reasonably have\nbeen expected to know, that the\nperson was an excluded person or\na permanently excluded person;\nor\n(b) the organisation becomes aware\nthat the person is an excluded\nperson or a permanently excluded\nperson and, within 28 days after\nbecoming so aware, removes the\nperson from the relevant position.\n37AD. Influential person\n(1) In this section –\nprofessional means a person who\nprovides professional advice to\nmore than one client, but does not\ninclude a person who provides\nprofessional advice to a client in\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 7\n13\nthe person’s capacity as an\nemployee of the client;\nregulator means –\n(a) a person employed by a\nState, a local government\nbody or the\nCommonwealth; or\n(b) a person engaged by a\nState, a local government\nbody or the\nCommonwealth to\nprovide a particular\nservice or carry out a\nparticular activity; or\n(c) an agent of a person\nmentioned in paragraph\n(b) if, in that capacity, the\nagent provides the service\nor carries out the activity\nthe person is engaged to\nprovide or carry out.\n(2) For the purposes of this Division, an\ninfluential person, in relation to an\norganisation (whether incorporated or\nunincorporated), means an individual,\nother than a director, secretary or partner\nof the organisation, who is in a position\nto control or substantially influence the\norganisation’s conduct.\n(3) For the purpose of this Division,\ninfluential person does not include –\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 7 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n14\n(a) a professional, only because the\nadvice given by the professional\ninfluences the organisation’s\nconduct; or\n(b) a regulator, only because the\nregulator, when exercising a\npower or performing a function\nunder an Act or other law,\ninfluences the organisation’s\nbusiness; or\n(c) an administrator, controller,\nprovisional liquidator or\nliquidator within the meaning of\nsection 9 of the Corporations Act.\n(4) Without limiting subsection (2), a person\nmay be an influential person in relation\nto an organisation if the person –\n(a) is the chief executive officer or\ngeneral manager of the\norganisation, or holds an\nequivalent position in the\norganisation; or\n(b) is acting in a position mentioned\nin paragraph (a); or\n(c) directly or indirectly owns, holds\nor controls 50% or more of the\nshares in the organisation, or 50%\nor more of a class of shares in the\norganisation; or\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 7\n15\n(d) gives instructions to an officer,\ndirector, secretary or partner of\nthe organisation and that person\ngenerally acts on those\ninstructions; or\n(e) makes, or participates in making,\ndecisions that affect the whole or\na substantial part of the\norganisation’s business or\nfinancial standing; or\n(f) engages in conduct or makes\nrepresentations that would cause\nsomeone else reasonably to\nbelieve the person controls, or\nsubstantially influences, the\norganisation’s business.\n37AE. Permitted individual\n(1) An individual may apply in writing to the\nAdministrator to be declared a permitted\nindividual for a specified event.\n(2) An application under subsection (1) must\nstate the reasons why the Administrator\nshould declare the individual to be a\npermitted individual for the specified\nevent.\n(3) If the individual is a director, secretary,\npartner or influential person in relation to\nan organisation that is the holder of a\nbuilding services licence, that\norganisation is taken to be a party to the\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 7 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n16\napplication and may make submissions to\nthe Administrator about the application.\n(4) The Administrator may declare an\nindividual to be a permitted individual\nfor a specified event only if satisfied that\nthe individual took all reasonable steps to\navoid the coming into existence of the\ncircumstances that resulted in the\nhappening of the specified event.\n(5) An individual who is declared to be a\npermitted individual for a specified event\nis taken not to be an excluded person in\nrespect of that specified event.\n(6) If an application under this section is\nrefused, the individual may not make\nanother application in relation to the\nsame specified event.\n37AF. Applications for determinations under\nsection 37AC\n(1) A person may apply in writing to the\nAdministrator for a determination for the\npurposes of section 37AC(4).\n(2) An application under this section must –\n(a) be in an approved form, if any;\nand\n(b) be accompanied by the prescribed\nfee, if any; and\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 8\n17\n(c) include any information\nrequested by the Administrator.\n(3) In deciding an application under\nsubsection (1), the Administrator may\nhave regard to any matter the\nAdministrator considers relevant.\n(4) The Administrator must –\n(a) decide the application as soon as\npracticable; and\n(b) give written notice of the\ndecision, including reasons, to the\napplicant.\n8. Section 37A amended (Application for building\nservices licence)\nSection 37A of the Principal Act is amended as\nfollows:\n(a) by omitting from subsection (2)(b)(iii)\n“development.” and substituting\n“development; and”;\n(b) by inserting the following subparagraph\nafter subparagraph (iii) in subsection\n(2)(b):\n(iv) details of the following:\n(A) any specified events that\nhave occurred to the\napplicant;\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 9 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n18\n(B) in the case of an applicant\nthat is an organisation\n(whether incorporated or\nunincorporated), any\nspecified event that has\noccurred in relation to a\ndirector or secretary of the\norganisation, or an\ninfluential person in\nrelation to the\norganisation;\n(C) if the applicant has been a\ndirector or secretary of, or\nan influential person in\nrelation to, a construction\ncompany in respect of\nwhich a specified event\nhas occurred, details of\nthat specified event.\n(c) by inserting the following subsection\nafter subsection (4):\n(5) In deciding whether to issue a\nlicence, the Administrator may\nmake inquiries and investigations\nthat are reasonable and\nappropriate in the circumstances.\n9. Section 37B amended (Determination of\napplication)\nSection 37B of the Principal Act is amended as\nfollows:\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 10\n19\n(a) by omitting from subsection (1)(a) “may\nissue” and substituting “subject to\nsubsection (1A), may issue”;\n(b) by inserting the following subsection\nafter subsection (1):\n(1A) The Administrator must refuse an\napplication for a prescribed\nbuilding services licence if –\n(a) the Administrator is\nsatisfied that the applicant\nis an excluded person,\nunless the applicant\nestablishes that\nexceptional circumstances\nexist; or\n(b) the applicant has been\ndeclared to be a\npermanently excluded\nperson.\n10. Section 37C amended (Certain organisations may\napply for building services licence)\nSection 37C of the Principal Act is amended as\nfollows:\n(a) by inserting the following subsection\nafter subsection (3):\n(3A) A person may not be nominated\nas a licensed person under\nsubsection (2)(c) in respect of a\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 10 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n20\nprescribed building services\nlicence if the person is an\nexcluded person or a permanently\nexcluded person.\n(b) by inserting the following subsection\nafter subsection (4):\n(4A) The Administrator must refuse an\napplication made under\nsubsection (1) for a prescribed\nbuilding services licence if –\n(a) the Administrator is\nsatisfied that the\napplicant, or the person\nnominated to be the\nlicensed person for the\napplicant, is an excluded\nperson unless the\napplicant establishes that\nexceptional circumstances\nexist; or\n(b) the applicant, or the\nperson nominated to be\nthe licensed person for the\napplicant, is a\npermanently excluded\nperson.\n(c) by omitting from subsection (5)(c)\n“Corporations Act.” and substituting\n“Corporations Act; or”;\n(d) by inserting the following paragraph after\nparagraph (c) in subsection (5):","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"retrieval-0002","sectionType":"document_chunk","heading":"Document excerpt 2","content":"Occupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 11\n21\n(d) has become an excluded person\nor a permanently excluded\nperson.\n11. Section 37D amended (Continuation of building\nservices licence held by certain organisations)\nSection 37D of the Principal Act is amended by\ninserting after subsection (8) the following\nsubsection:\n(9) The Administrator must not accept a\nperson nominated under subsection\n(3)(b)(ii), (3)(b)(iii), (4)(b), (4)(c) or (6)\nif the nominated person is an excluded\nperson or a permanently excluded\nperson.\n12. Section 37E amended (Deemed registration of\nholder of building services licence)\nSection 37E of the Principal Act is amended by\ninserting after subsection (6) the following\nsubsections:\n(6A) The Administrator must, by written\nnotice, disqualify a person from holding\na prescribed building services licence by\nvirtue of holding deemed registration if\nsatisfied that the person is an excluded\nperson unless the Administrator is\nsatisfied that exceptional circumstances\nexist.\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 12 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n22\n(6B) Before disqualifying a person under\nsubsection (6A), the Administrator must\ngive the person written notice of the\nAdministrator’s intention to disqualify\nthe person from holding a prescribed\nbuilding services licence by virtue of\nholding deemed registration.\n(6C) A notice under subsection (6B) must –\n(a) state that the Administrator\nconsiders the person to be an\nexcluded person; and\n(b) identify the specified event that\nhas resulted in the person being\nconsidered to be an excluded\nperson; and\n(c) set out the reasons why the\nAdministrator considers the\nperson to be an excluded person;\nand\n(d) state that the person may make a\nsubmission to the Administrator\nwithin the period specified in the\nnotice.\n(6D) The Administrator must consider any\nsubmissions made by the person within\nthe period specified under subsection\n(6C)(d) before disqualifying a person\nunder subsection (6A).\n(6E) A disqualification under this section does\nnot render unlawful any prescribed work\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 13\n23\ncarried out by the person before the\nperson receives notice of the\ndisqualification.\n13. Sections 37F, 37G, 37H, 37I and 37J inserted\nAfter section 37E of the Principal Act, the\nfollowing sections are inserted in Division 3A:\n37F. Cancellation of prescribed building services\nlicence\n(1) The Administrator must, by written\nnotice, cancel a prescribed building\nservices licence if the Administrator is\nsatisfied that the holder of the licence is\nan excluded person unless the\nAdministrator is satisfied that\nexceptional circumstances exist.\n(2) Before cancelling a prescribed building\nservices licence under subsection (1), the\nAdministrator must give the licence\nholder written notice of the\nAdministrator’s intention to cancel the\nlicence.\n(3) A notice under subsection (2) must –\n(a) identify the specified event that\nhas resulted in the licence holder\nbeing considered to be an\nexcluded person; and\n(b) set out the reasons why the\nAdministrator considers that the\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 13 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n24\nlicence holder is an excluded\nperson; and\n(c) state that the licence holder may\nmake a submission to the\nAdministrator about the specified\nevent within the period specified\nin the notice.\n(4) The Administrator must consider any\nsubmissions made by the licence holder\nwithin the period specified under\nsubsection (3)(c) before cancelling a\nlicence.\n(5) The cancellation of a licence does not\nrender unlawful any prescribed work\ncarried out by a person before the person\nreceives notice of the cancellation.\n37G. Permanent exclusion of persons\n(1) The Administrator may, by written\nnotice, declare a person to be a\npermanently excluded person if, on a\nsecond occasion, a prescribed building\nservices licence held by the person is\ncancelled under section 37F.\n(2) The Administrator may only make a\ndeclaration under subsection (1) if the\nperiod between the cancellations is less\nthan 5 years.\n(3) Before making a declaration under\nsubsection (1), the Administrator must\ngive the person written notice that –\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 13\n25\n(a) states the Administrator’s\nintention to make the declaration;\nand\n(b) sets out the reasons for the\nproposed declaration; and\n(c) explains the effect of the person\nbeing declared a permanently\nexcluded person; and\n(d) states that the person may make a\nwritten submission to the\nAdministrator in respect of the\nproposed declaration within the\nperiod specified in the notice.\n(4) The Administrator must consider any\nsubmissions made by the person within\nthe period specified under subsection\n(3)(d) before deciding whether to make\nthe declaration.\n(5) For the purposes of this section, where 2\nor more cancellations of a prescribed\nbuilding services licence arise, in\nsubstance, out of the same circumstances,\nthe Administrator may treat those\ncancellations as a single cancellation.\n37H. Revocation of declaration\n(1) A person declared to be a permanently\nexcluded person may apply in writing to\nthe Administrator for revocation of the\ndeclaration.\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 13 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n26\n(2) On receiving an application under\nsubsection (1), the Administrator may\nrevoke the declaration if the\nAdministrator considers it appropriate to\ndo so, having regard to any matters the\nAdministrator considers relevant.\n37I. Publication of details of excluded persons\nand permanently excluded persons\n(1) In this section –\nrelevant details, for a person, means –\n(a) the person’s full name and\nbusiness address; and\n(b) any other name by which the\nperson is, or has been, known;\nand\n(c) in the case of an excluded person,\nthe period of the 3-year\nexclusion; and\n(d) such other particulars as may be\nprescribed.\n(2) The Administrator may make the\nfollowing information publicly available\non a website operated by, or on behalf of,\nthe Administrator:\n(a) relevant details of persons whose\napplications for licences have\nbeen refused under\nsection 37B(1A);\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 13\n27\n(b) relevant details of persons whose\napplications for licences have\nbeen refused under\nsection 37C(4A);\n(c) relevant details of persons who\nhave been disqualified under\nsection 37E(6A) from holding a\nprescribed building services\nlicence by virtue of holding\ndeemed registration;\n(d) relevant details of persons whose\nlicences have been cancelled\nunder section 37F;\n(e) relevant details of persons\ndeclared to be permanently\nexcluded persons under\nsection 37G.\n(3) Before deciding whether to publish a\nperson’s relevant details under\nsubsection (2), the Administrator must –\n(a) give the person written notice of\nthe proposed publication,\nincluding the relevant details\nproposed to be published; and\n(b) invite the person to make written\nsubmissions to the Administrator\nwithin the period specified in the\nnotice; and\n(c) consider any submissions\nreceived within that period.\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 13 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n28\n(4) After considering any submissions\nreceived under subsection (3), the\nAdministrator may, if the Administrator\nconsiders it appropriate in the\ncircumstances, decide to –\n(a) publish the person’s relevant\ndetails; or\n(b) not publish the person’s relevant\ndetails; or\n(c) publish only some of the person’s\nrelevant details.\n(5) The Administrator may publish relevant\ndetails (or some of the relevant details)\nfor a person under this section only if –\n(a) the Administrator has decided\nunder subsection (4) to publish\nthose details; and\n(b) any period for applying for\nreview of the decision, or for\nappealing against a decision made\non review, has ended; and\n(c) any such review or appeal has\nbeen finally determined or is not\nproceeded with.\n37J. Offences if excluded person or permanently\nexcluded person employed\n(1) An organisation, whether incorporated or\nunincorporated, that holds a prescribed\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 13\n29\nbuilding services licence must not\nemploy, appoint or engage a person as a\ndirector, secretary, partner or influential\nperson if the person is an excluded\nperson or a permanently excluded\nperson.\nPenalty: In the case of –\n(a) a body corporate, a fine\nnot exceeding 400 penalty\nunits; or\n(b) an individual, a fine not\nexceeding 200 penalty\nunits.\n(2) It is a defence in proceedings for an\noffence under subsection (1) if the\ndefendant establishes that –\n(a) the defendant did not know, and\ncould not reasonably have been\nexpected to know, that the\ndirector, secretary, partner or\ninfluential person was an\nexcluded person or a permanently\nexcluded person; or\n(b) after becoming aware that the\ndirector, secretary, partner or\ninfluential person was an\nexcluded person or a permanently\nexcluded person, the defendant\nremoved the person from the\nrelevant position within 28 days.\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 13 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n30\n(3) A person commits an offence if the\nperson accepts appointment as, or\ncontinues to act as, a director, secretary,\npartner or influential person for an\norganisation, whether incorporated or\nunincorporated, that holds a prescribed\nbuilding services licence while the\nperson is an excluded person or a\npermanently excluded person.\nPenalty: A fine not exceeding 200 penalty\nunits.\n(4) An organisation, whether incorporated or\nunincorporated, must not use a\nprescribed building services licence to\nenter into a contract for building services\nwork with another person if a director,\nsecretary, partner or influential person\nfor that organisation is an excluded\nperson or a permanently excluded\nperson.\nPenalty: In the case of –\n(a) a body corporate, a fine\nnot exceeding 400 penalty\nunits; or\n(b) an individual, a fine not\nexceeding 200 penalty\nunits.\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 14\n31\n14. Section 49 amended (Registers)\nSection 49(4) of the Principal Act is amended by\nomitting paragraph (k).\n15. Section 79 amended (Reviewable decisions)\nSection 79(1)(a) of the Principal Act is amended\nas follows:\n(a) by inserting “section 37AC(4), section\n37AE,” after “section 37A(3),”;\n(b) by inserting “section 37B(1A), section\n37C(4A), section 37E(6A), section\n37F(1), section 37G(1), section 37H(2),\nsection 37I(4)(a) or (c),” after\n“section 37B(1)(a) or (b),”;\n(c) by omitting “or section 57(1)” and\nsubstituting “, section 57(1) or section\n93(1)”.\n16. Section 91 amended (Notice of intent to take\ndisciplinary action)\nSection 91 of the Principal Act is amended as\nfollows:\n(a) by omitting subparagraph (iii) from\nsubsection (2)(b);\n(b) by omitting subsection (5) and\nsubstituting the following subsection:\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 17 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n32\n(5) The Administrator may, for the\npurposes of determining whether\ndisciplinary action should be\ntaken against a licence holder,\nconduct such investigations as the\nAdministrator thinks fit.\n17. Section 92 repealed\nSection 92 of the Principal Act is repealed.\n18. Section 93 amended (Disciplinary action)\nSection 93(1) of the Principal Act is amended as\nfollows:\n(a) by omitting “a recommendation of a\ndisciplinary panel” and substituting “the\nlicence holder’s written response, if any,\nto a notice under section 91”;\n(b) by omitting from paragraph (g) “,\nincluding the reasonable costs of that\nperson attending the disciplinary panel”.\n19. Section 94 repealed\nSection 94 of the Principal Act is repealed.\n20. Section 104A inserted\nAfter section 104 of the Principal Act, the\nfollowing section is inserted in Part 11:\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 21\n33\n104A. Review of amendments made by\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nThe Minister is to –\n(a) cause a review of the\namendments enacted by the\nOccupational Licensing\nAmendment Act 2026 to be made\nin respect of the 3-year period\ncommencing on the\ncommencement of this section;\nand\n(b) ensure that the review is\ncompleted, and cause a copy of a\nreport of the review to be laid\nbefore each House of Parliament,\nwithin 4 years after the\ncommencement of this section.\n21. Schedule 5 amended (Transitional and Savings\nProvisions)\nSchedule 5 to the Principal Act is amended by\ninserting after clause 9 in Division 3 of Part 4 the\nfollowing Part:\nPART 5 – PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE OCCUPATIONAL\nLICENSING AMENDMENT ACT 2026\n1. Interpretation of Part\nIn this Part –\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 21 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n34\ncommencement day means the day on\nwhich section 7 of the\nOccupational Licensing\nAmendment Act 2026\ncommences;\nformer Act means the provisions of\nthe Occupational Licensing Act\n2005 as in force immediately\nbefore the commencement day.\n2. Transitional provision for specified events\nDespite section 37AB, for the purposes\nof Division 3A, a specified event does\nnot include a bankruptcy event or an\ninsolvency event that occurred, or\ncommenced, before the commencement\nday.\n3. Transitional provision for disciplinary panel\n(1) This clause applies if, immediately\nbefore the commencement day, a\ndisciplinary matter that has been referred\nto a disciplinary panel under section 92\nof the former Act has not been\nconcluded.\n(2) On and from the commencement day –\n(a) the referral of the matter to the\ndisciplinary panel is taken to be\nrevoked; and\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended s. 21\n35\n(b) the disciplinary panel is taken to\nbe dissolved in relation to that\nmatter.\n(3) As soon as practicable after the\ncommencement day, the disciplinary\npanel must give to the Administrator –\n(a) all documents and other material\nprovided to, or obtained by, the\npanel in relation to the matter;\nand\n(b) any report, draft findings or other\nrecord prepared by the panel in\nrelation to the matter.\n(4) On and from the commencement day, the\nmatter is to be dealt with by the\nAdministrator under this Act as in force\non and after that day as if –\n(a) the matter had not been referred\nto a disciplinary panel; and\n(b) any investigation undertaken by\nthe panel had been undertaken by\nthe Administrator.\n(5) Without limiting subclause (4), the\nAdministrator may –\n(a) have regard to any documents or\nother material provided under\nsubclause (3); and\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 21 Part 2 – Occupational Licensing Act 2005 Amended\n36\n(b) take disciplinary action under\nsection 93.\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 3 – Building Act 2016 Amended s. 22\n37\nPART 3 – BUILDING ACT 2016 AMENDED\n22. Principal Act\nIn this Part, the Building Act 2016* is referred to\nas the Principal Act.\n23. Section 99A inserted\nAfter section 99 of the Principal Act, the\nfollowing section is inserted in Division 3:\n99A. Excluded person not to perform notifiable\nbuilding work\nA person must not perform any notifiable\nbuilding work if the person is an\nexcluded person, or a permanently\nexcluded person, under the Occupational\nLicensing Act 2005.\nPenalty: In the case of –\n(a) a natural person, a fine\nnot exceeding 100 penalty\nunits; or\n(b) a body corporate, a fine\nnot exceeding 500 penalty\nunits.\n_______________________________________________________________\n*No. 25 of 2016\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 24 Part 3 – Building Act 2016 Amended\n38\n24. Section 148A inserted\nAfter section 148 of the Principal Act, the\nfollowing section is inserted in Division 3:\n148A. Excluded person not to perform permit\nbuilding work\nA person must not perform permit\nbuilding work if the person is an\nexcluded person, or a permanently\nexcluded person, under the Occupational\nLicensing Act 2005.\nPenalty: In the case of –\n(a) a natural person, a fine\nnot exceeding 100 penalty\nunits; or\n(b) a body corporate, a fine\nnot exceeding 500 penalty\nunits.\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 4 – Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act\n2016 Amended\ns. 25\n39\nPART 4 – RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WORK\nCONTRACTS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT 2016\nAMENDED\n25. Principal Act\nIn this Part, the Residential Building Work\nContracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016* is\nreferred to as the Principal Act.\n26. Section 78A inserted\nAfter section 78 of the Principal Act, the\nfollowing section is inserted in Part 11:\n78A. Excluded person not to enter into residential\nbuilding work contract\nA building contractor must not enter into\na residential building work contract if, at\nthe time the contract is entered into, the\nbuilding contractor is an excluded person\nor a permanently excluded person under\nthe Occupational Licensing Act 2005.\nPenalty: In the case of –\n(a) a body corporate, a fine\nnot exceeding 800 penalty\nunits; or\n_______________________________________________________________\n*No. 32 of 2016\n\nOccupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\ns. 26 Part 4 – Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act\n2016 Amended\n40\n(b) an individual, a fine not\nexceeding 300 penalty\nunits.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"retrieval-0003","sectionType":"document_chunk","heading":"Document excerpt 3","content":"Occupational Licensing Amendment Act 2026\nAct No. of 2026\nPart 5 – Repeal of Act s. 27\n41\nPART 5 – REPEAL OF ACT\n27. Repeal of Act\nThis Act is repealed on the first anniversary of\nthe day on which its last uncommenced\nprovision commenced.\nGovernment Printer, Tasmania","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"summary":{"status_summary":"The Occupational Licensing Amendment Bill 2026 was introduced in the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 25 March 2026 and has been passed by that House, now ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for concurrence.","complexity_score":7,"likely_questions":["What exactly counts as a 'construction company' for the purposes of the definition, and does it include subcontractors or only principal builders?","How does an individual apply to be declared a 'permitted individual' and what evidence of 'reasonable steps' will the Administrator accept?","If a licence is cancelled because the holder becomes an excluded person, can the holder continue to work on existing contracts until the cancellation takes effect?","What penalty unit values apply at the time these offences commence, and how do indexation rules affect the maximum fines?","Will the public register of excluded and permanently excluded persons be searchable by name only, and how long will the information remain online after the exclusion period ends?"],"complexity_factors":["multiple interlocking definitions: excluded person, permanently excluded person, influential person, construction company, prescribed building services licence, excluded licence, and various exceptions","cross-references between three different Acts and several parts of the Occupational Licensing Act, with new sections and amendments scattered across multiple schedules","broad and subjective criteria for 'influential person' requiring case-by-case assessment of control and influence, with limited statutory guidance except examples","dual layers of mandatory action by the Administrator (refusal, cancellation, disqualification) tempered by undefined 'exceptional circumstances' and discretionary 'permitted individual' declarations, creating legal uncertainty","transitional provisions that grandfather pre-commencement bankruptcy/insolvency events but still abolish the disciplinary panel system mid-stream, requiring administrators to handle pending matters under new rules","publication of personal details on a website with procedural safeguards but no right of internal review or appeal specified before publication can occur","offence provisions with reverse onus defences (knowledge and removal within 28 days) that impose practical burdens on organisations to monitor and police their own personnel"],"plain_english_summary":"The Bill creates a new three‑year exclusion regime barring individuals, company officers and bodies corporate from holding or working under prescribed building services licences after bankruptcy or insolvency events. It forces mandatory refusals/cancellations, criminal penalties for employing excluded persons, public naming, and wide monitoring duties for firms. Because exemptions and “exceptional circumstances” rest with the Administrator, the measure raises compliance costs, regulatory uncertainty and barriers to entry for builders and related businesses."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The amendments expand the Occupational Licensing Act beyond its prior licensing-and-discipline focus into a broader exclusionary regime tied to personal and corporate insolvency events. Mechanically, the Bill: (a) creates automatic and discretionary exclusion rules based on bankruptcy/insolvency (s.37AB–37AC), (b) extends prohibitions into performing notifiable/permit building work and entering residential building contracts (new ss.99A, 148A Building Act; s.78A Residential Act), (c) introduces permanent exclusion on repeat cancellations (s.37G) and public naming (s.37I), (d) criminalises employment/appointment of excluded persons and their continuing to act (s.37J), and (e) centralises disciplinary investigation and decision-making in the Administrator (repeal of s.92 and s.94; amended s.91 and s.93). Those changes materially broaden regulatory reach (from individual fitness-to-hold licensing checks to multi-year and permanent exclusion, publication, and cross‑statute operation) compared with the original Act’s narrower licensing and disciplinary architecture."},"complexity_factors":["Many new defined terms and concepts added (excluded person, permanently excluded person, influential person, permitted individual, specified event, construction company, prescribed/excluded licence) introduced in s.37AB–37AF","Multiple new sections inserted into Division 3A (37AB–37AF and 37F–37J) with interdependent triggers and exemptions","Cross‑Act amendments affecting three statutes (Occupational Licensing Act 2005, Building Act 2016, Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016)","Conditional rules and nested exceptions (e.g. exclusion triggered by personal bankruptcy vs organisation insolvency linked to directors/influential persons; permitted individual carve-out; organisational safe‑harbour removal within 28 days)","Discretionary standards and mandatory outcomes combined (Administrator \"must\" refuse/cancel unless \"exceptional circumstances\" but also exercises subjective assessment over permitted individuals)","Administrative process changes (removal of disciplinary panels, centralisation of investigative power in the Administrator) increasing procedural complexity","Publication procedure with notice, submission and timing conditions (s.37I) and interaction with review/appeal timeframes","Transitional complexity (Schedule 5 excludes pre‑commencement events and migrates pending disciplinary matters to Administrator)","Multiple penalty regimes across affected Acts with different scales of fines and different criminal/defence provisions","Statutory review and a sunset/repeal mechanism (s.104A and s.27) adding temporal complexity about the regime’s permanency and review timeline"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Bill changes (mechanics first)\n\n- Introduces a new exclusion regime into the Occupational Licensing Act 2005. It defines who is an \"excluded person\" and a \"permanently excluded person\" (new sections 37AB–37AF and 37F–37J) and ties those rules into licensing, insurance and offences across three Acts.\n  - An \"excluded person\" is typically someone who has had a bankruptcy event or (in certain cases) was linked to an insolvency event of a construction company. The exclusion period is generally 3 years (see section 37AC and 37AB).  (Defined events and terms in s.37AB–37AC.)\n  - The Administrator has power to refuse or cancel prescribed building services licences where the applicant or licence-holder is an excluded person (must refuse unless \"exceptional circumstances\" are shown) (s.37B(1A), s.37F(1)).\n  - After a second cancellation within 5 years the Administrator may declare a person a \"permanently excluded person\" (s.37G).\n  - The Administrator may publish identifying details of refused, disqualified, cancelled or permanently excluded persons on a public website, but must give notice and invite submissions before publishing (s.37I).\n  - Persons can apply to be a \"permitted individual\" (s.37AE) so a specified bankruptcy/insolvency event will not make them an excluded person if the Administrator is satisfied they took all reasonable steps to avoid the event.\n\n- Expands offences and penalties across affected statutes when excluded or permanently excluded people try to operate:\n  - It becomes an offence to employ, appoint or engage an excluded/permanently excluded person as a director, secretary, partner or \"influential person\" in an organisation that holds a prescribed building services licence (s.37J(1)); there are fines for corporations and individuals. It is also an offence for excluded persons to accept or continue such appointments (s.37J(3)).\n  - The Building Act 2016 is amended so excluded persons may not perform notifiable building work or permit building work (new ss.99A and 148A) with fines set there.\n  - The Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016 is amended to bar excluded persons from entering residential building contracts (new s.78A) with its own penalty scale.\n\n- Strengthens disclosure and application requirements:\n  - Applicants for building services licences must disclose any specified events for themselves or relevant people in their organisation (s.37A(2)(b)(iv)). The Administrator may make reasonable inquiries into applications (s.37A(5)).\n\n- Changes to disciplinary and administrative process:\n  - The Bill repeals the disciplinary-panel process in the Principal Act (removes s.92 and s.94) and moves investigative and disciplinary powers to the Administrator (amended s.91 and s.93). Ongoing matters referred to panels before commencement are transitioned to the Administrator (Schedule 5 transitional clauses).\n  - Certain decisions under the new regime are reviewable (s.79 amendments) and the Bill requires a statutory review of these amendments within the first 3‑year window (new s.104A).\n\n- Other mechanics:\n  - Insurance provisions cross-reference cancellations (s.28 amended).\n  - Transitional rules exclude bankruptcy or insolvency events that occurred before the commencement day from being counted as a \"specified event\" (Schedule 5, Part 5(2)).\n  - The Act contains an unusual repeal/sunset clause: the Act is repealed on the first anniversary of the day the last uncommenced provision commenced (s.27).\n\nWho is affected and who decides\n\n- Who loses access or pays fines: individuals who have had recent bankruptcy events, directors/secretaries/influential persons of construction companies that have had insolvency events, organisations that employ or are controlled by such persons, and licence applicants who do not satisfactorily rebut exclusion (see s.37AC, s.37F, s.37J, and new penalties in the Building and Residential Acts).\n- Who makes the decisions: the Administrator (the licensing/regulatory official under the Principal Act) decides whether someone is a permitted individual, whether to refuse or cancel licences, whether to permanently exclude and whether to publish details. The Administrator has extensive discretion, subject to notice, submission and (in some cases) review rights (see s.37AE, s.37B(1A), s.37F, s.37G, s.37I and s.79).\n- What behaviour changes the law forces: greater disclosure of past bankruptcy/insolvency; organisations will remove or avoid appointing excluded people (or remove them within 28 days to rely on the safe-harbour in s.37AC(7) and s.37J(2)); applicants will seek \"permitted individual\" determinations or restructure ownership/management to keep licences; excluded people are blocked from performing or entering residential and notifiable/permit building work.\n\nStated purpose and a practical test of trade-offs, costs and incentives\n\n- The Bill’s materials present the change as a consumer/industry-protection measure: preventing people who have recently been bankrupt or linked to insolvent construction companies from holding or operating under building services licences.\n\n- Costs and compliance burdens (mechanism-based):\n  - Increased disclosure and record-keeping at application time (s.37A(2)(b)(iv)) and ongoing monitoring of personnel for licence-holding organisations (s.37AC(6), s.37J).\n  - Administrative burden and delay risk from the Administrator’s inquiries and the new requirement to consider submissions before cancelling/refusing (s.37F(2)–(4), s.37E(6B)–(6D)).\n  - Possibility of reputational and commercial harm from public listing (s.37I), even where errors or later reversals may occur.\n\n- Incentives and likely private responses:\n  - Organisations have an incentive to remove excluded persons quickly (28-day safe harbour), to use permitted individuals or nominees, or to reconfigure ownership/management to stay compliant (s.37AC(7), s.37AE).\n  - Potential substitution risk: businesses might use front-persons or corporate structures to avoid the exclusion rules; the Bill attempts to address that by characterising \"influential persons\" (s.37AD) and by treating organisations as excluded if they have excluded influential officers (s.37AC(6)).\n\n- Administrative discretion and legal risk:\n  - The Administrator must act in many cases (\"must refuse\" or \"must cancel\" unless exceptional circumstances) but exercises judgment about exceptional circumstances and permitted individual applications (s.37B(1A), s.37F(1), s.37AE(4)). That centralises power and creates dependence on administrative decision-making quality and timeliness.\n  - The Bill expands the set of reviewable administrative decisions (s.79), but the practical remedy environment will depend on how quickly reviews and judicial challenges can be brought relative to licence cancellations and public listings.\n\n- Opportunity costs and market effects:\n  - The measure reduces the pool of people who can directly hold or control building services licences for up to 3 years post-event; that may raise compliance costs for small firms that lose directors or managers to exclusion and could raise transaction costs in contracting and insurance.\n  - There is some potential for concentrated benefits to competing firms that are not connected to insolvency events (they face less competition), and for diffuse costs across consumers and businesses if supply tightens; the Bill contains no explicit market‑remedy mechanism to offset any supply-side impacts.\n\nImplementation and operational risks\n\n- Reliance on accurate insolvency/bankruptcy records and on the Administrator’s investigative processes; risks of error or delay have commercial consequences (licence cancellation, publication).\n- Transitional rule prevents historical insolvency/bankruptcy events (before commencement) from triggering exclusion, but ongoing monitoring across corporate structures could be legally and administratively complex (Schedule 5, Part 5).\n- The Bill abolishes the disciplinary-panel route and centralises investigation and sanctioning with the Administrator (repeal of ss.92 and 94; amended ss.91 and 93). That reduces a formally independent-panel step, shifting procedural architecture toward administrative handling.\n\nWhy it matters (practical summary)\n\n- Practically, the Bill turns recent bankruptcy or involvement with an insolvent construction company into an automatic licensing disqualification risk for people and organisations in the building services sector (subject to limited exceptions and discretionary relief).\n- It imposes disclosure obligations, creates new criminal/penalty offences for employing or acting while excluded, allows public naming of affected people, and extends prohibitions into building work and residential building contracts.\n- The Administrator becomes the central gatekeeper: deciding permitted individuals, cancelling/refusing licences, permanently excluding repeat offenders, and publishing details — all with consequential compliance and commercial impacts for small businesses and licence applicants.\n\nKey sections to look at quickly: definitions and triggers (s.37AB–37AC), Administrator powers and refusal/cancellation (s.37B(1A), s.37F, s.37G), publication (s.37I), offences and penalties (s.37J; Building Act ss.99A & 148A; Residential Act s.78A), applicant disclosure (s.37A(2)(b)(iv)), and the transitional and review provisions (Schedule 5; s.104A)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/occupational-licensing-amendment-bill-2026","history":"/api/acts/occupational-licensing-amendment-bill-2026/history","analysis":"/api/acts/occupational-licensing-amendment-bill-2026/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/occupational-licensing-amendment-bill-2026/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/occupational-licensing-amendment-bill-2026/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/occupational-licensing-amendment-bill-2026/documents"}}