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303: Registrar must contact licensed building practitioners on annual basis
or “Every year, the person in charge checks if builders want to keep their special work permission and if their information is correct.”

You could also call this:

“The Registrar can fix mistakes or update information in the list of licensed building workers.”

The person in charge of the register (called the Registrar) can change the register at any time. They can do this for two reasons:

  1. If a licensed building practitioner changes their name or any of their other details that are listed in [section 301], the Registrar can update this information in the register.

  2. If the Registrar, or someone they’ve asked to help with the register, makes a mistake, the Registrar can fix it. This could be if they accidentally left something out or put in the wrong information.

The Registrar is allowed to make these changes whenever they need to, to make sure the register is correct and up to date.

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Next up: 305: Search of register

or “People can look up information in the official list if they follow the rules”

Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Updates of register

304Alterations to register

  1. The Registrar may, at any time, make any amendments to the register that are necessary to—

  2. reflect any changes in the name of a licensed building practitioner or the information specified in section 301; or
    1. correct a mistake caused by any error or omission on the part of the Registrar or any person to whom the Registrar has delegated his or her functions, duties, or powers.