Building (Approvals and Practitioners) Act 2026
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66 Definitions
66 Definitions
In this division—
building element work means building work involving a building element for a prescribed building, other than work prescribed by the regulations.
building practitioner—see section 67.
principal contractor means a person—
(a) who agrees to do building work under a contract or arrangement (the head contract), and
(b) for whom work will be carried out under one or more other contracts or arrangements as part of or incidental to the work carried out under the head contract.
taken to do building work, for a building practitioner, means the practitioner—
(a) agrees to do building work under a contract or other arrangement, or
(b) is the principal contractor for the work.