5Seeking work by or for unlicensed person

5 Seeking work by or for unlicensed person

5 Seeking work by or for unlicensed person

(1) An individual, a member of a partnership, an officer of a corporation or a corporation must not represent that the individual, partnership or corporation is prepared to do—

(a) any residential building work, or

(b) any specialist work,

if the individual, partnership or corporation is not the holder of a contractor licence authorising its holder to contract to do that work.

(2) A person must not represent that an individual, partnership or corporation is prepared to do—

(a) any residential building work, or

(b) any specialist work,

if the person knows that the individual, partnership or corporation is not the holder of a contractor licence authorising its holder to contract to do that work.

(3) An individual who is convicted of a second or subsequent offence under this section is liable to a penalty not exceeding 500 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.

Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units in any other case.

s 5: Am 2001 No 51, Sch 8 [2]; 2004 No 101, Sch 4 [1]; 2014 No 24, Sch 1 [8].