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300: Form of register
or “The register can be kept in different ways and is usually available, but sometimes access might be limited.”
You could also call this:

“The register lists important details about licensed building workers, like their name, contact info, and work history.”

The register for licensed building practitioners must have lots of important information about each person. This includes their full name, any other names they use, when they were born, and where to send them messages about this law. It also needs to have where they live, any company they work for or own, their email and website, phone and fax numbers, and any special number the Registrar gives them.

The register also has to show what type of license the person has, when they got it, and if they’ve been in trouble in the last three years. If someone’s license was stopped in the last three years, the register has to say why, for how long, and what they need to do to get it back.

The Registrar can add any other information they think is important to have in the register. All of this helps keep track of who is allowed to do building work and makes sure they’re following the rules.

If you want to know more about what happens when a builder gets in trouble, you can look at section 318 of this law.

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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Register of licensed building practitioners

301Matters to be contained in register

  1. The register must contain all of the following information, to the extent that the information is relevant, for each licensed building practitioner whose name is entered in the register:

  2. full name:
    1. any aliases:
      1. date of birth:
        1. address for communications under this Act:
          1. residential address:
            1. name of any company or body corporate that is associated with the licensed building practitioner (for example, that person's employer or the company of which that person is a director):
              1. email and website address:
                1. phone number:
                  1. fax number:
                    1. any unique identifier issued by the Registrar (for example, a registration number):
                      1. any other prescribed information:
                        1. information about the status and history of the person's licensing, particularly—
                          1. the class in which the person is licensed; and
                            1. the date on which the person's name was entered in the register; and
                              1. any action taken under section 318 on a disciplinary matter in respect of the person in the last 3 years:
                              2. any other information that the Registrar considers necessary or desirable for the purpose of the register.

                                1. The register must also show—

                                2. whether a person’s licensing was suspended in the last 3 years; and
                                  1. if paragraph (a) applies,—
                                    1. the ground under this Act for the suspension (for example, whether for non-payment of a levy that was required from the licensed building practitioner, or on another ground); and
                                      1. the period of suspension; and
                                        1. any conditions for termination of the suspension.

                                        Notes
                                        • Section 301(1)(l): amended, on , by section 73(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
                                        • Section 301(1)(l)(i): amended, on , by section 73(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
                                        • Section 301(2)(a): amended, on , by section 73(3) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).