Building Act 1993
174General duty of nominee director
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174 General duty of nominee director
(1) A nominee director of a registered body corporate must ensure that the body corporate complies with the requirements of this Act and the regulations.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) affects the obligation on a body corporate to comply with the requirements of this Act and the regulations.
Subdivision 6—Register of Building Practitioners
S. 175AA inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 7.
175AA Definitions
criminal proceeding means a proceeding for an offence against a relevant law;
criminal sanction means a conviction or finding of guilt in a criminal proceeding in relation to an offence under a relevant law and any penalty imposed for that offence;
disciplinary proceeding means—
(a) a proceeding under Subdivision 5 of Division 3; or
(b) a proceeding on an application for review under Division 4 of a decision under Subdivision 5 of Division 3;
disciplinary sanction means a decision in a disciplinary proceeding to cancel or suspend a registration or to take disciplinary action;
relevant law means—
(a) this Act or the regulations; or
(b) the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 and the regulations under that Act.
S. 175 substituted by No. 21/2017 s. 7.
175 The Register of Building Practitioners
(1) The Authority must keep a Register of Building Practitioners.
(2) The Register must—
(a) be in the form (if any) and contain the information (if any) required by the regulations; and
S. 175(2)(b) amended by No. 1/2023 s. 6(1).
(b) include the names and categories and classes of registration of persons who applied for, and were granted, registration under this Part; and
S. 175(2)(c) inserted by No. 1/2023 s. 6(2).
(c) if a person has automatic deemed registration to carry out any activities that may be carried out under a registration under this Part, include the name of that person and those activities.
(3) The Register may include details of—
(a) any criminal sanction imposed on the registered person; and
S. 175(3)(b) amended by No. 1/2023 s. 6(3).
(b) any disciplinary sanction imposed on the registered person by the Authority or imposed on a person referred to in subsection (2)(c) by the local registration authority in that person's home State.