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Building Act 2004
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19D Ending appointments
(1) An entity’s appointment as certifier for building work on land ends
if—
(a) the owner of the land revokes the appointment by written notice
given to the entity; or
(b) the entity resigns the appointment; or
(c) the entity’s appointment has been suspended for a single period
of 3 months or longer; or
(d) each of the following apply:
(i) a certificate under part 5 (Building occupancy) is issued for
the building work;
(ii) the certificate is not subject to a condition that requires
building work to be done;
(iii) there is no part of the building work for which a certificate
under part 5 has not been issued; or
(e) it has been 5 years since the certifier was last appointed as
certifier for the building work.
(2) An entity may resign an appointment as certifier only—
(a) with the written approval of the construction occupations
registrar; and
(b) by written notice given to the owner of the land.
(3) The construction occupations registrar may approve the resignation
of the entity as certifier only if satisfied that—
(a) the entity can not exercise the entity’s functions as a certifier in
relation to the building work because of mental or physical
incapacity; or
(b) the entity has arranged for another certifier to take over the
entity’s functions as a certifier in relation to the building work;
or
(c) it is otherwise appropriate to approve the resignation.
(4) An appointment that ends under subsection (1) (c) ends—
(a) for a suspension for a single period of 3 months—on the day
after the end of the 3-month period; or
(b) for a suspension for a single period of longer than 3 months—
on the day after the end of the first 3 months of the period.