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302: Obligation to notify Registrar of change in circumstances
or “You must tell the Registrar if anything changes about you or your work”
You could also call this:

“Every year, the person in charge checks if builders want to keep their special work permission and if their information is correct.”

Every year, the Registrar will contact you if you are a licensed building practitioner. They will ask if you want to keep your licence and if your information on the register is correct. They will also tell you that you need to pay a fee.

You have 20 working days to answer these questions, update your information if needed, and pay the fee.

If you don’t do these things in time, the Registrar will contact you again. They will warn you that your licence will be suspended if you don’t comply and pay a late fee within a certain time.

If you still don’t do what’s required, the Registrar will suspend your licence and record this on the register.

If you don’t comply and pay the late fee within 12 months of the second contact, the Registrar will cancel your licence and remove your name from the register.

The fee you pay can be used to cover costs related to licensing and disciplining building practitioners. This includes the costs of running the Board.

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or “The Registrar can fix mistakes or update information in the list of licensed building workers.”
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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Updates of register

303Registrar must contact licensed building practitioners on annual basis

  1. The Registrar must, on an annual basis, contact each licensed building practitioner, in a manner provided for in the rules, and—

  2. ask whether the licensed building practitioner wishes to continue to be licensed; and
    1. ask whether the information shown on the register in respect of that person is correct; and
      1. notify the requirement to pay a prescribed levy.

        1. The licensed building practitioner must, within 20 working days of being contacted,—

        2. reply to both questions, and supply any information necessary to ensure that the information shown on the register is correct; and
          1. pay to the Registrar the prescribed levy.

            1. If a licensed building practitioner does not comply with subsection (2), the Registrar must contact the licensed building practitioner, in a manner provided for in the rules, and advise the licensed building practitioner that his or her licensing will be suspended unless the person complies with subsection (2), and pays a late fee, within the period, provided for in the rules.

            2. If the licensed building practitioner does not do so, the Registrar must—

            3. suspend the person's licensing until the person does so; and
              1. record the suspension in the register.

                1. If the licensed building practitioner does not comply with subsection (2), and pay the late fee, within 12 months after the date on which the person is contacted under subsection (3), the Registrar must—

                2. cancel the person's licensing; and
                  1. remove the person's name from the register.

                    1. The levy may be applied to costs and other expenses incurred in the licensing and disciplining of building practitioners under this Act, including the costs of the operation and administration of the Board.

                    Notes
                    • Section 303(3): amended, on , by section 75(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
                    • Section 303(4)(a): amended, on , by section 75(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
                    • Section 303(5)(a): amended, on , by section 75(3) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
                    • Section 303(6): inserted, on , by section 68 of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).