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Building Act 1993
24BRegistration of building practitioner as building contractor
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24B Registration of building practitioner as building contractor
(1) After receiving an application made by an individual under
section 24A(2), the Practitioners Board must register the individual
as a building contractor in the sub-category or sub-categories
specified in the application if satisfied the individual:
(a) is a fit and proper person to be registered in each
sub-category; and
determined under section 24G(a) for each sub-category; and
(c) currently holds, and during the period of registration will
continue to hold, the net financial assets prescribed by
regulation for each sub-category; and
(d) has complied with any conditions for registration prescribed by
(e) has paid any prescribed fee for registration.
(2) After receiving an application made by a corporation under
section 24A(3), the Practitioners Board must register the
corporation as a building contractor in the sub-category or
sub-categories specified in the application if satisfied:
(a) at least one director, or a nominee, of the corporation:
(i) is registered in each sub-category; and
(ii) will provide adequate supervision of the building work
carried out by the corporation; and
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(b) each director of the corporation who is not registered in a
sub-category specified in the application would be a fit and
proper person to be so registered if the director had applied
personally for the registration; and
(c) the corporation currently holds, and during the period of
registration will continue to hold, the net financial assets
prescribed by regulation for each sub-category; and
(d) the corporation has complied with any conditions for
registration prescribed by regulation; and
(e) the corporation has paid any prescribed fee for registration.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1)(d) or (2)(d), a regulation may
prescribe a condition requiring the applicant for registration to hold
an insurance policy of a type (which may include a professional
indemnity policy) or for an amount, or both, determined under
section 24G(c).