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Building and Development Certifiers Act 2018
112Responsibilities of councils carrying out certain prescribed certification work
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#### 112 Responsibilities of councils carrying out certain prescribed certification work
112 Responsibilities of councils carrying out certain prescribed certification work
> > (1) A local council must ensure that any certification work of a class prescribed by the regulations that is carried out on behalf of the local council is carried out by a registered individual whose registration authorises the individual to carry out that certification work.
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> > Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.
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> > (2) A local council is taken to satisfy subsection (1) if it engages a registered body corporate to carry out the certification work.
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> > (3) The Secretary may, with the approval of the Minister, exempt a local council by written notice given to the local council from the requirements of subsection (1).
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> > (4) The approval of the Minister—
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> > > (a) may be given with respect to a particular case or a class of cases, and
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> > > (b) may be subject to conditions, and
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> > > (c) may be amended from time to time.
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> > (5) Any exemption given under this section—
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> > > (a) may be limited in time or subject to conditions, or both, and
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> > > (b) may be revoked by the Secretary by written notice given to the local council and must be revoked if the relevant approval of the Minister is no longer in force.