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Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020
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#### 54 Recognition procedure
54 Recognition procedure
> > (1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the recognition of persons or classes of persons as registered practitioners for the purposes of this Act.
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> > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may provide for the following—
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> > > (a) the recognition of persons as registered practitioners who—
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> > > > (i) hold designated qualifications, or
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> > > > (ii) are registered or recognised as practitioners by a professional body or a professional body belonging to a class of professional bodies, or
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> > > > (iii) are registered or recognised as practitioners under a law of this State or another State or a Territory or the Commonwealth,
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> > > (b) the requirements relating to the registration or recognition processes of professional bodies that register or recognise practitioners including the following—
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> > > > (i) how qualifications and competencies are to be assessed,
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> > > > (ii) the time in which a decision on registration or recognition must be made,
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> > > > (iii) the procedures to be used to monitor and improve the registration or recognition processes,
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> > > > (iv) the maximum fees that may be charged,
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> > > > (v) the requirements relating to continuing professional development,
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> > > > (vi) audit requirements,
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> > > (c) the financial and other facilities that a professional body must have and other requirements that must be met before a professional body is able to register or recognise practitioners,
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> > > (d) the classes of practitioners for which persons or classes of persons may be recognised as registered practitioners,
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> > > (e) the qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience required for recognition,
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> > > (f) insurance requirements for recognition,
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> > > (g) applications for recognition and related matters (including conditions of recognition).