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241A Ineligibility for registration
S. 241A(1) amended by No. 4/2024 s. 15.
(1) If a court finds an unregistered builder guilty of carrying out domestic building work in contravention of this Act or entering into a major domestic building contract in contravention of section 29 of the **Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995** or guilty of an offence against section 11(1), 40(2) or (3) or 43B(1) or (2) of the **Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995**, the court may, in addition to any penalty for that offence, direct that the builder is ineligible to apply for registration under Part 11 for not more than 3 years.
S. 241A(2) amended by No. 4/2024 s. 15.
(2) If a court finds a body corporate that is an unregistered builder guilty of carrying out domestic building work in contravention of this Act or entering into a major domestic building contract in contravention of section 29 of the **Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995** or guilty of an offence against section 11(1), 40(2) or (3) or 43B(1) or (2) of the **Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995**, the court may, in addition to any penalty for that offence, direct that any officer of the body corporate is ineligible to apply for registration under Part 11 for not more than 3 years.
S. 241A(3) amended by No. 4/2024 s. 15.
(3) If a court finds one or more members of a partnership guilty of carrying out domestic building work in contravention of this Act or entering into a major domestic building contract in contravention of section 29 of the **Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995** or guilty of an offence against section 11(1), 40(2) or (3) or 43B(1) or (2) of the **Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995**, the court may, in addition to any penalty for that offence, direct that each member of the partnership is ineligible to apply for registration under Part 11 for not more than 3 years.
(4) The Authority must comply with a direction under this section.
S. 241B inserted by No. 36/2002 s. 15, amended by No. 34/2013 s. 34(Sch. 1 item 111), repealed by No. 15/2016 s. 68.