22Obligation to hold practitioner's licence

22 Obligation to hold practitioner's licence

(1)  [Section 22 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2016, s. 15, Applied:01 Jan 2017] A person must not carry out any prescribed work, other than building services work, unless –

(a) the person holds a practitioner's licence of the relevant occupation and class; or

(b) the person is undergoing an approved course of training and the prescribed work is supervised by a practitioner of the relevant occupation and class; or

(ba) [Section 22 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2022, s. 42, Applied:14 Dec 2022] the person is the holder of a practitioner's licence of the relevant occupation and class by virtue of holding deemed registration; or

(c) the person is permitted to do so under section 36(4) and (5) .

Penalty:  [Section 22 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2016, s. 15, Applied:01 Jan 2017] In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 400 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.

(2)  [Section 22 Subsection (2) amended by No. 26 of 2016, s. 15, Applied:01 Jan 2017] [Section 22 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 29 of 2022, s. 42, Applied:14 Dec 2022] A person must not supervise the performance of prescribed work unless he or she is the holder of a practitioner's licence –

(a) issued by the Administrator of the relevant occupation and class; or

(b) of the relevant occupation and class by virtue of holding deemed registration.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 400 penalty units; or