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Building Act 1993
12AMembership of Practitioners Board
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12A Membership of Practitioners Board
(1) Subject to this section, the Minister:
(a) must appoint in writing the persons the Minister considers
appropriate to be members of the Practitioners Board; and
(b) must appoint in writing:
(i) one of those members to be the Chairperson of the
Board; and
(ii) another of those members to be the Deputy Chairperson
of the Board.
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(2) Without limiting subsection (1)(a), a member of the Advisory
Committee or a member of the Appeals Board may be appointed as
a member, but the Director cannot be appointed as a member.
(3) At least one member must be a lawyer who has been admitted to
the legal profession for at least 5 years.
(4) The members who are not lawyers (the industry members) must
be persons the Minister considers have appropriate experience in
the building industry or matters connected with the building
industry.
(5) If practicable, at least one industry member must be appointed to
represent the interests of each category of building practitioner.
(6) An industry member who is appointed to represent the interests of a
category of building practitioner must be:
(a) registered in the category of building practitioner the member
is appointed to represent; and
(b) chosen by the Minister in accordance with section 12B.
(7) An industry member cannot be appointed to represent more than
one category of building practitioner, but 2 or more industry
members may be appointed to represent the interests of the same
category of building practitioner.
(8) In this section:
category of building practitioner does not include a sub-category
of a category of building practitioner.