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Building Act 1993
48ABuilding work by building contractors
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48A Building work by building contractors
(1) A person must not commence or continue to carry out prescribed
building work unless the person is:
(a) a building contractor registered to carry out the building work
as specified in the Regulations; or
(b) being supervised by a building contractor mentioned in
paragraph (a) in accordance with the Regulations.
subsection (1) if:
amount for the building work; or
(b) the defendant is an owner-builder carrying out building work
that the defendant is permitted to carry out under the owner-
builder certificate.
(3) For subsection (2)(a), the Regulations may prescribe different
amounts for different kinds of prescribed building work.