21Annual endorsement fee and statement

21 Annual endorsement fee and statement

(1) An endorsed building engineer must pay to the Victorian Building Authority the prescribed annual endorsement fee (if any)—

(a) on the date the endorsement was specified to come into force under section 14 or specified to be renewed under section 20 (as the case may be) and on each subsequent anniversary of whichever of those dates is applicable; or

(b) if another date is prescribed, on the prescribed date.

(2) An annual endorsement fee may be paid at any time in the 6 weeks before it falls due.

(3) The payment must be accompanied by a statement in respect of the year up to the date the payment is made that is in a form approved by the Victorian Building Authority and that is signed by the endorsed building engineer.

(4) The statement must contain any information and be accompanied by any document required by the Victorian Building Authority.

(5) The Business Licensing Authority must suspend the endorsement on an endorsed building engineer's registration if the engineer fails to comply with this section.