98Contractors to keep register

98 Contractors to keep register

(1)  A contractor must keep in an approved form an accurate register of persons employed or engaged by the contractor to carry out prescribed work.

(2)  The register is to contain full particulars of –

(a) each employee or practitioner, or person undergoing an approved course of training, who is engaged by the contractor; and

(b) the occupations and classes of prescribed work undertaken by each employee, practitioner or person undergoing an approved course of training; and

(c) the qualifications, competencies and continuing professional development of each employee, practitioner or person undergoing an approved course of training.

(3)  A contractor must, at the request of an authorised officer, make the register available for inspection by the authorised officer within a period specified by the authorised officer.

(4)  A contractor who fails to keep an accurate register, or to make it available for inspection within the period specified by the authorised officer, as required under this section is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:  [Section 98 Subsection (4) amended by No. 26 of 2016, s. 51, Applied:01 Jan 2017] In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(5)  [Section 98 Subsection (5) inserted by No. 29 of 2022, s. 64, Applied:14 Dec 2022] For the avoidance of doubt, this section applies to a person who is a contractor by virtue of holding deemed registration.