Building (Approvals and Practitioners) Act 2026
101Grounds for variation, suspension or cancellation of registration
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101 Grounds for variation, suspension or cancellation of registration
101 Grounds for variation, suspension or cancellation of registration
(1) Each of the following constitutes grounds for varying, suspending or cancelling a registration—
(a) the registration holder is not a suitable person to carry out the registered work authorised by the registration,
(b) the Secretary has decided to vary, suspend or cancel the registration under Part 5,
(c) the registration holder is not entitled to be registered, including because—
(i) the registration was improperly obtained, or
(ii) when the registration was granted, there were grounds for refusing to grant the registration, or
(iii) the registration holder is disqualified from holding the registration,
Note—
See section 133(1)(f).
(d) the registration holder has applied for the registration to be varied, suspended or cancelled,
(e) the registration was granted in error,
(f) the Secretary has varied, suspended or cancelled another registration held by the registration holder under this Act,
(g) another ground prescribed by the regulations.
(2) For subsection (1)(d), Subdivisions 1 and 2 apply to an application by the registration holder to vary the registration.