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288: Registrar to license applicant or decline application
or “The person in charge decides if you can become a licensed builder and tells you what happens next.”
You could also call this:

“Licensed builders must show proof of their licence when asked, or they could be fined.”

If you’re a licensed building practitioner, you need to show proof that you’re licensed when someone asks you. You can show them the original evidence of your licence that was sent to you, or you can show them a copy of it. This evidence was sent to you as mentioned in section 288(1)(b).

If you don’t show this proof when someone asks, you’re breaking the law. This is called an offence. If you’re found guilty of this offence, you might have to pay a fine. The fine could be up to $50,000.

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or “A licence stays valid until it's cancelled or suspended.”
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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Provisions relating to licences

289Duty to produce evidence of being licensed

  1. A licensed building practitioner must, if asked by any person, produce for inspection by the person either—

  2. the evidence of being licensed sent to the licensed building practitioner under section 288(1)(b); or
    1. a copy of that evidence.

      1. A person who fails to comply with subsection (1)—

      2. commits an offence; and
        1. is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

          Notes
          • Section 289 heading: amended, on , by section 60(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
          • Section 289(1)(a): amended, on , by section 60(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
          • Section 289(2): inserted, on , by section 72 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).