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310: Appointment of Registrar of Licensed Building Practitioners
or “A boss must choose someone to keep track of people who are allowed to build things.”
You could also call this:

“The Registrar keeps a list of licensed builders and helps make sure they're doing their job properly.”

The Registrar of Licensed Building Practitioners has several important jobs. You need to know what these jobs are.

The Registrar creates and looks after a list of licensed building practitioners. This list helps keep track of who is qualified to do certain building work.

The Registrar decides if people can get or keep their building licences. They can give out licences, take them away, or stop them for a while. They also do other tasks related to licensing.

The Registrar helps a group called the Board when people make complaints. They assist with looking into these complaints under sections 315 and 316.

The Registrar gives the Board the support it needs to do its job well. This includes things like paperwork and organisation.

Lastly, the Registrar does any other tasks that this law or other laws say they should do.

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Next up: 312: Power of Registrar to delegate

or “The Registrar can let someone else do their job, but only if they write it down and follow the rules.”
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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Registrar of Licensed Building Practitioners

311Functions of Registrar

  1. The functions of the Registrar are—

  2. to establish and maintain the register; and
    1. to make decisions about whether persons meet the requirements for licensing or continued licensing, to issue, cancel, and suspend persons’ licensing as part of the licensing system, and to perform the other functions relating to licensing under this subpart; and
      1. to help the Board to receive and investigate complaints under sections 315 and 316; and
        1. to provide other administrative support for the Board sufficient to enable the Board to perform its functions efficiently and effectively; and
          1. to perform any other function conferred on the Registrar by this Act or any other enactment.

            Notes
            • Section 311(b): amended, on , by section 76 of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
            • Section 311(c): replaced, on , by section 21 of the Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31).
            • Section 311(d): replaced, on , by section 21 of the Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31).
            • Section 311(e): inserted, on , by section 21 of the Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31).