QLDIn ForceAct
Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991
sec.20KRelationship between commissioner and board
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.20K
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991.
### sec.20K Relationship between commissioner and board
In carrying out the commissioner’s responsibilities, other than performing an additional function, the commissioner must give effect to any policy or direction of the board relevant to the responsibility.
However, the commissioner must act independently of the board when making any of the following types of decisions giving effect to the board’s policies—
a decision about the action to be taken about a licensee’s licence;
a decision about rectification or completion of building work;
a decision relating to the statutory insurance scheme;
a decision to give information to a health and safety regulator under section 28A ;
a decision to give a direction under section 74AN ;
a decision about a building product undertaking under part 6AA , division 3 ;
a decision to issue a stop work notice under section 108AI .
The commissioner must—
report regularly to the board on the administration of this Act; and
at the request of the board, provide the board with a special report on a particular subject.
In this section—
additional function see section 20J (3) .
s 20K ins 2013 No. 38 s 5
amd 2017 No. 29 s 7
(sec.20K-ssec.1) In carrying out the commissioner’s responsibilities, other than performing an additional function, the commissioner must give effect to any policy or direction of the board relevant to the responsibility.
(sec.20K-ssec.2) However, the commissioner must act independently of the board when making any of the following types of decisions giving effect to the board’s policies— a decision about the action to be taken about a licensee’s licence; a decision about rectification or completion of building work; a decision relating to the statutory insurance scheme; a decision to give information to a health and safety regulator under section 28A ; a decision to give a direction under section 74AN ; a decision about a building product undertaking under part 6AA , division 3 ; a decision to issue a stop work notice under section 108AI .
(sec.20K-ssec.3) The commissioner must— report regularly to the board on the administration of this Act; and at the request of the board, provide the board with a special report on a particular subject.
(sec.20K-ssec.4) In this section— additional function see section 20J (3) .
- (a) a decision about the action to be taken about a licensee’s licence;
- (b) a decision about rectification or completion of building work;
- (c) a decision relating to the statutory insurance scheme;
- (d) a decision to give information to a health and safety regulator under section 28A ;
- (e) a decision to give a direction under section 74AN ;
- (f) a decision about a building product undertaking under part 6AA , division 3 ;
- (g) a decision to issue a stop work notice under section 108AI .
- (a) report regularly to the board on the administration of this Act; and
- (b) at the request of the board, provide the board with a special report on a particular subject.