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Building Act 2004

Regulation of building practitioners - Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners - Discipline

319: Non-payment of fines or costs

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“If you don't pay your fines on time, you might lose your license or have it taken away for a while.”

If you don’t pay the money you owe under section 318(1)(f) or (4) for 60 days or more after you were told to pay it, the Board can do two things. They can cancel your licence and tell the Registrar to take your name off the register. Or, they can stop your licence from working until you pay the money. If you don’t pay within 12 months, they will cancel your licence and tell the Registrar to take your name off the register.

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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Discipline

319Non-payment of fines or costs

  1. If money payable by a person under section 318(1)(f) or (4) remains unpaid for 60 days or more after the date of the order, the Board may—

  2. cancel the person's licensing and direct the Registrar to remove the person's name from the register; or
    1. suspend the person's licensing until the person pays the money and, if he or she does not do so within 12 months, cancel his or her licensing and direct the Registrar to remove his or her name from the register.

      Notes
      • Section 319(a): amended, on , by section 82 of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
      • Section 319(b): amended, on , by section 82 of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).