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Home Building Act 1989
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#### 12 Unlicensed work
12 Unlicensed work
> An individual must not do any residential building work, or specialist work, except—
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> > (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
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> > (b) as the holder of an owner-builder permit authorising its holder to do that work, or
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> > (c) as an employee of the holder of such a contractor licence or permit.
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> Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units in any other case.
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> **s 12:** Am 2001 No 51, Sch 8 \[7\]; 2004 No 101, Sch 4 \[1\].