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Building Act 2004

Regulation of building practitioners - Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners - Licensing classes

285: Licensing classes may be designated by regulations

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“Rules can be made to create special groups for different building jobs”

The Governor-General can create special licenses for different types of building work or building inspection work. They do this by making an order based on what the Minister recommends. These licenses can be for doing the work, supervising the work, or both doing and supervising the work.

When the Governor-General makes this kind of order, it becomes a type of law called secondary legislation. You can find out more about how this type of law is published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Licensing classes

285Licensing classes may be designated by regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, designate a licensing class or classes for carrying out or supervising particular types of—

  2. building work:
    1. building inspection work.

      1. An order made under subsection (1) may designate a licensing class or classes for carrying out the work, or for supervising the work, or for carrying out or supervising the work.

      2. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

      Notes
      • Section 285: replaced, on , by section 56 of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
      • Section 285(2): inserted, on , by section 67 of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).
      • Section 285(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).