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Building and Development Certifiers Act 2018
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#### 26 Registered certifiers to be indemnified
26 Registered certifiers to be indemnified
> > (1) A registered certifier must not—
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> > > (a) carry out certification work, or
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> > > (b) hold out that the registered certifier is adequately insured with respect to certification work,
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> > unless the registered certifier is adequately insured with respect to the certification work.
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> > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
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> > (2) For the purposes of this section, a registered certifier is adequately insured with respect to certification work if the registered certifier—
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> > > (a) is indemnified by insurance that complies with the regulations against any liability to which the registered certifier may become subject as a result of carrying out the certification work, or
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> > > (b) is part of some other arrangement approved by the regulations that provides indemnity against the liability.
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> > (3) It is a condition of registration that a registered certifier must provide to the Secretary, in the time specified by the Secretary, information that the Secretary may require to satisfy the Secretary that the registered certifier is adequately insured with respect to certification work.
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> > (4) This section does not apply to certification work carried out on behalf of a local council (whether within or outside the local council’s area) by a registered certifier in the course of the registered certifier’s employment by the local council.