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296: Voluntary licensing suspension
or “A builder can ask to pause their work permit for a while and then ask to start it up again later.”
You could also call this:

“When someone's building licence is suspended, they can't work as a builder until the suspension ends.”

If your licensing as a building practitioner is suspended, you are not considered a licensed building practitioner under this Act during the suspension period. This means you cannot perform the duties of a licensed building practitioner while your license is suspended.

When the suspension period ends, your licensing will automatically become active again. This happens right away, unless there is another reason to suspend or cancel your licensing under this part of the Act.

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Next up: 298: Register of licensed building practitioners

or “A list of people allowed to build things that the government keeps track of”
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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Licensing cancellation and suspension

297Effect of licensing suspension

  1. A person is not a licensed building practitioner, for the purposes of this Act, for the period for which his or her licensing is suspended.

  2. At the end of the period of suspension, the person's licensing is immediately revived (unless there is some other ground to suspend or cancel that person's licensing under this subpart).

Notes
  • Section 297 heading: replaced, on , by section 69(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
  • Section 297(1): amended, on , by section 69(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
  • Section 297(2): amended, on , by section 69(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).