sec.68Persons not entitled to assistance under statutory insurance scheme

### sec.68 Persons not entitled to assistance under statutory insurance scheme A licensed contractor who carries out speculative residential construction work is not entitled to assistance under the statutory insurance scheme for the work. See section 68A (Licensed contractor pays insurance premium on behalf of consumer). If a person enters into 1 or more building contracts, in force at the same time, to construct 3 or more living units, the person is not entitled to assistance under the statutory insurance scheme for the work carried out under the contracts. For subsection (2) — a single detached dwelling is taken to be 1 living unit; and a residential unit is taken to be 1 living unit; and a duplex is taken to be 2 living units. A regulation may prescribe other circumstances under which a person is not entitled to assistance under the statutory insurance scheme. Nothing in section (1), (2) or (4) affects the right of a subsequent owner of residential construction work mentioned in this section to make a claim for assistance under the statutory insurance scheme. s 68 amd 1994 No. 20 s 22 ; 1998 No. 13 s 189 ; 1999 No. 43 s 30 ; 2000 No. 20 s 29 sch 3 ; 2007 No. 47 s 44 ; 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 ; 2013 No. 38 s 14 sch 1 sub 2014 No. 57 s 36 (sec.68-ssec.1) A licensed contractor who carries out speculative residential construction work is not entitled to assistance under the statutory insurance scheme for the work. See section 68A (Licensed contractor pays insurance premium on behalf of consumer). (sec.68-ssec.2) If a person enters into 1 or more building contracts, in force at the same time, to construct 3 or more living units, the person is not entitled to assistance under the statutory insurance scheme for the work carried out under the contracts. (sec.68-ssec.3) For subsection (2) — a single detached dwelling is taken to be 1 living unit; and a residential unit is taken to be 1 living unit; and a duplex is taken to be 2 living units. (sec.68-ssec.4) A regulation may prescribe other circumstances under which a person is not entitled to assistance under the statutory insurance scheme. (sec.68-ssec.5) Nothing in section (1), (2) or (4) affects the right of a subsequent owner of residential construction work mentioned in this section to make a claim for assistance under the statutory insurance scheme. - (a) a single detached dwelling is taken to be 1 living unit; and - (b) a residential unit is taken to be 1 living unit; and - (c) a duplex is taken to be 2 living units.