Occupational Licensing Act 2005
35Enforceability of contracts
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35 Enforceability of contracts
(1) [Section 35 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2016, s. 28, Applied:01 Jan 2017] A person who contracts to do prescribed work in contravention of section 21 , 22 , 22A or 26 –
(a) is not entitled to recover any payment under the contract in respect of that prescribed work; and
(b) is not entitled to damages or to enforce any other remedy in respect of a breach of the contract committed by any other party to the contract; and
(c) [Section 35 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2016, s. 28, Applied:01 Jan 2017] is not entitled to damages or to enforce any other remedy in respect of any prescribed work carried out or supervised by the person in contravention of section 21 , 22 , 22A or 26 –
but is liable for damages and subject to any other remedy in respect of a breach of the contract committed by the person.
(2) This section does not affect the liability of any person for an offence against this or any other Act.