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Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991
sec.74AUProceeding for contravention
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### sec.74AU Proceeding for contravention
This section applies to a contravention or alleged contravention of this part.
No proceedings for the contravention may be taken or continued against a person if a building product undertaking is in effect in relation to the contravention.
No proceedings may be taken for the contravention against a person who has made a building product undertaking for the contravention and has completely discharged the undertaking.
The commission may accept a building product undertaking for the contravention before proceedings for the contravention have been finalised.
If the commission accepts a building product undertaking as stated in subsection (4) , the commission must take all reasonable steps to have the proceedings discontinued as soon as practicable.
In this section—
proceedings includes proceedings for disciplinary action under part 6A .
s 74AU ins 2017 No. 29 s 11
(sec.74AU-ssec.1) This section applies to a contravention or alleged contravention of this part.
(sec.74AU-ssec.2) No proceedings for the contravention may be taken or continued against a person if a building product undertaking is in effect in relation to the contravention.
(sec.74AU-ssec.3) No proceedings may be taken for the contravention against a person who has made a building product undertaking for the contravention and has completely discharged the undertaking.
(sec.74AU-ssec.4) The commission may accept a building product undertaking for the contravention before proceedings for the contravention have been finalised.
(sec.74AU-ssec.5) If the commission accepts a building product undertaking as stated in subsection (4) , the commission must take all reasonable steps to have the proceedings discontinued as soon as practicable.
(sec.74AU-ssec.6) In this section— proceedings includes proceedings for disciplinary action under part 6A .