Home Building Act 1989
33BGeneral requirements for issue of certain authorities
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33B General requirements for issue of certain authorities
33B General requirements for issue of certain authorities
(1) An authority (other than an owner-builder permit) must not be issued unless the Secretary is satisfied that—
(a) each relevant person in relation to the application for the authority—
(i) is not disqualified from holding the authority or an authority of the kind applied for, or from being a member of a partnership or a director of a body corporate that is the holder of the authority or an authority of the kind applied for, and
(ii) is not a debtor under a judgment for money owed to the Secretary that has not been satisfied, and
(iii) is not a debtor under a judgment for money that has not been satisfied where the judgment is for the payment of money in relation to a building claim under Part 3A or the payment of money to an insurer or provider in relation to a claim relating to cover under Part 6 or Part 6B, and
(iv) is not (and has not been within the period of 3 years before the date of the application) a director of a body corporate that is a debtor under a judgment for money as referred to in subparagraph (iii), and
(v) is not subject to any order of a court in relation to a building claim under Part 3A that has not been satisfied within the period required for satisfaction of the order, and
(vi) is not subject to any order of the Tribunal that has not been satisfied within the period required by the Tribunal, and
(vii) has not had what the Secretary considers to be an unreasonable number of complaints made against him, her or it and has not had a relevant involvement with a body corporate that has had what the Secretary considers to be an unreasonable number of complaints made against it, and
(viii) has not had what the Secretary considers to be an unreasonable number of formal cautions given to him, her or it and has not had a relevant involvement with a body corporate that has had what the Secretary considers to be an unreasonable number of formal cautions given to it, and
(ix) has not had what the Secretary considers to be an unreasonable number of penalty notices issued against him, her or it and has not had a relevant involvement with a body corporate that has had what the Secretary considers to be an unreasonable number of penalty notices issued against it, being penalty notices for offences under this Act that were not dealt with by a court and dismissed, and