Home Building Act 1989
12Unlicensed work
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 12
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Home Building Act 1989.
12 Unlicensed work
12 Unlicensed work
An individual must not do any residential building work, or specialist work, except—
(a) as, or as a member of a partnership or an officer of a corporation that is, the holder of a contractor licence authorising its holder to contract to do that work, or
(b) as the holder of an owner-builder permit authorising its holder to do that work, or
(c) as an employee of the holder of such a contractor licence or permit.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units in any other case.
s 12: Am 2001 No 51, Sch 8 [7]; 2004 No 101, Sch 4 [1].