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Home Building Act 1989
11CUndue influence relating to appointment of certifiers
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#### 11C Undue influence relating to appointment of certifiers
11C Undue influence relating to appointment of certifiers
> > (1) A holder of a contractor licence must not unduly influence (or attempt to unduly influence) a person with whom the contractor enters a contract, in the appointment by that person of a registered certifier to carry out certification work with respect to work to be carried out under the contract.
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> > Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 300 penalty units in any other case.
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> > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), a holder of a contractor licence is taken to have attempted to unduly influence a person in the appointment of a registered certifier if the holder of the contractor licence—
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> > > (a) made it a requirement of entering the contract that a specified registered certifier or class of registered certifier was or was not be appointed, or
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> > > (b) offered to change the contract price if a specified registered certifier or class of registered certifier would be or would not be appointed, or
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> > > (c) refuses to carry out work under the contract if a specified registered certifier or class of registered certifier is or is not appointed.