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293: Consequences of failure to meet applicable minimum standards for licensing
or “If a builder doesn't meet the rules, their licence can be taken away or cancelled.”
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“The Registrar must remove someone's name from the list when their permission to do something is taken away.”

The Registrar must cancel your licensing and remove your name from the register in certain situations. This can happen if you ask the Registrar in writing to cancel your licensing. It can also happen if you don’t meet the minimum standards for licensing, as explained in section 293(2). The Registrar will also cancel your licensing if you receive disciplinary penalties as described in section 318, or if you don’t pay fines or costs as outlined in section 319.

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or “When someone doesn't follow the rules, the government can stop them from working in their job for a while.”
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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Licensing cancellation and suspension

294Cancellation of licensing

  1. The Registrar must cancel a person's licensing and remove the person's name from the register—

  2. if the person, by written notice, requests the Registrar to cancel his or her licensing; or
    1. in accordance with section 293(2) (consequences of failure to meet applicable minimum standards for licensing); or
      1. in accordance with section 318 (disciplinary penalties); or
        1. in accordance with section 319 (non-payment of fines or costs).

          Notes
          • Section 294 heading: amended, on , by section 66(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
          • Section 294: amended, on , by section 66(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
          • Section 294(a): amended, on , by section 66(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).