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Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004
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35 When rectification order may be made
(a) the registrar has given an entity notice under section 34; and
(b) the entity provided the construction service, or part of the
construction service, to which the notice relates; and
(c) after considering any submissions made within the time
mentioned in the notice, the registrar is satisfied—
(i) the entity is contravening, or has contravened, this Act or
an operational Act; and
(ii) it is appropriate to make a rectification order in relation to
the entity; and
(d) if the registrar has accepted a rectification undertaking from the
entity in response to the notice—the entity has failed to comply
with, or has withdrawn, the undertaking.
Note 1 If deciding under this section whether it is appropriate to make a
rectification order, the registrar must consider the considerations
mentioned in s 36.
Note 2 A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments
made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see
Legislation Act, s 104).
(2) The registrar may make an order under section 38 (Rectification
orders) in relation to the entity.
(3) If the registrar makes an order under section 38 in relation to an entity,
the registrar may also make an order under section 38 in relation to—
(a) if the entity is a corporation—a director of the entity; or
(b) if the entity is a partnership—
(i) a partner of the partnership; or
(ii) a director of a corporation that is a partner of the
partnership.
(4) If the entity has failed to comply with, or has withdrawn, the
rectification undertaking, the registrar may make an order under
section 38 in relation to the entity without giving the entity another
notice under section 34.
(5) However, the registrar may only make an order under section 38 in
relation to the entity before the latest of the following:
(a) if the registrar first became aware of the act that caused the
contravention within 6 months before the end of the 10-year
period—1 year after the registrar became aware of the act; or
(b) if the registrar gave the entity a notice under section 34 before
the end of the 10-year period—1 year after the entity was given
the notice; or
(c) in any other case—the day the 10-year period ends.
10-year period means the period starting on the later of the following
days:
(a) the day the act that caused the contravention happened or ended;
(b) the day any certificate was issued by the registrar under any of
the following provisions of the Building Act 2004 in relation to
the building the subject of the construction service:
(i) section 69 (Certificates of occupancy);
(ii) section 71 (2) (Certificate for building work involving
demolition);
(iii) section 72 (2) (Certificate for building work involving
erection of structure);
(iv) section 73 (Certificates of occupancy and use for
owner-builders).