Building Act 1993
48EApplication for owner-builder certificate
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48E Application for owner-builder certificate (1) A person may, in the approved form accompanied by the prescribed fee, apply to the Practitioners Board for an owner-builder certificate or the renewal of an owner-builder certificate to carry out building work on land that he or she owns.
Building Act 1993 50 (2) If the land is owned by more than one person, all the owners must apply for the owner-builder certificate. (3) A person must not make a false declaration in an application for an owner-builder certificate. person does not include a body corporate.