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Building Act 2004

Regulation of building practitioners - Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners - Offences relating to licensing

314: Offences relating to licensing

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“You can get in trouble if you pretend to have a special licence for building work when you don't really have one.”

You are not allowed to pretend you can do building work or building inspections if you don’t have the right licence. This means you can’t say you can do these jobs, or specific types of these jobs, if you’re not officially allowed to.

If you break this rule, you’re doing something against the law. This is called committing an offence. If you’re found guilty of this offence in court, you might have to pay a fine. The most you could be fined is $50,000.

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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Offences relating to licensing

314Offences relating to licensing

  1. A person must not hold themselves out as a person who is licensed to carry out or supervise building work or building inspection work, or building work or building inspection work of a certain type, while not being so licensed.

  2. A person who fails to comply with subsection (1)—

  3. commits an offence; and
    1. is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

      1. Repealed

      2. Repealed
      Notes
      • Section 314(1): amended, on , by section 74(1) of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).
      • Section 314(2): replaced, on , by section 74(2) of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).
      • Section 314(3): repealed, on , by section 74(2) of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).
      • Section 314(4): repealed, on , by section 74(2) of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).