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Building Act 1993
34SProfessional misconduct
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34S Professional misconduct
A building practitioner is guilty of professional misconduct if, on
completion of an inquiry, the Inquiry Board is satisfied on the
balance of probabilities that the practitioner:
(a) has committed an offence against this Act or the Regulations;
or
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(b) is guilty of a pattern of negligent or incompetent conduct or
serious negligence or incompetence in carrying out particular
(c) has authorised or permitted an employee, or another person
engaged to do work on the practitioner's behalf, to work as a
building practitioner in a category of building practitioner in
which the employee or other person is not registered; or
(d) obtained his or her registration by fraud or misrepresentation;
or
(e) has had his or her authority to practise as a building
practitioner in a place outside the Territory cancelled or
suspended, otherwise than for failure to renew the authority;
or
(f) is guilty of conduct referred to in section 33(1)(a) or (b)
or 34E(1)(a) or (b); or
(g) is otherwise guilty of professional misconduct.