Building (Approvals and Practitioners) Act 2026
108Offence of lending registration
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108 Offence of lending registration
108 Offence of lending registration
(1) A registration holder must not—
(a) let out, hire or lend the holder’s registration to another person, or
(b) permit another person to use the holder’s registration.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—600 penalty units, or
(b) otherwise—3,000 penalty units.
(2) The Secretary must cancel the registration of a registration holder who is convicted of an offence against this section.
(3) In this section—
convicted includes—
(a) a finding by a court that the charge for the offence is proven, or that a person is guilty of the offence, even though the court does not proceed to a conviction, and
(b) a penalty notice being issued to the registration holder for the offence and the payment by the registration holder of some or all of the amount payable under the penalty notice.