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Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004
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9 What is a building surveyor?
(1) A building surveyor is an entity that provides, has provided or
proposes to provide—
(a) a building certification service; or
(b) an exemption assessment service; or
(c) a works assessment service.
Note Works assessment service—see s 14A (2).
(2) An exemption assessment service is the doing of exemption
assessment work.
(3) A building certification service is the doing of building certification
work.
building certification work means anything a building certifier may
or must do under the Building Act 2004.
Note The Building Act 2004 requires a building surveyor to be appointed as a
certifier before doing building certification work. It also restricts the
building certification work certain building surveyors may do depending
on their occupation class.
exemption assessment work means undertaking an exemption
assessment under the Building Act 2004.