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Building Act 2004

Regulation of building practitioners - Building Practitioners Board - Rules

353: Rules relating to licensed building practitioners

You could also call this:

“Rules that say what builders need to know and do to get and keep their special work permits”

Rules must be made and always exist for licensed building practitioners. These rules set the minimum standards for competence in each licensing class. They cover what you need to know and be able to do to get a licence.

The rules also say how often you need to show you’re still competent to keep your licence. They explain what information you need to give when you apply for a licence and how that information will be looked at.

If you already have a licence, the rules say what information you need to provide to show you’re still competent. They also explain how this information will be checked.

The rules describe how a licence can be cancelled or suspended if it’s not because of disciplinary reasons. They say how long a suspension can last.

All these rules have to follow the Building Act 2004. They’re there to make sure licensed building practitioners meet the right standards and know what they need to do to get and keep their licences.

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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Building Practitioners Board: Rules

353Rules relating to licensed building practitioners

  1. There must be made, and there must always be, rules containing the following minimum standards (LBP standards):

  2. minimum standards of competence (including standards relating to knowledge and skills) that must be met for each licensing class; and
    1. minimum standards for demonstrating current competence for each licensing class that must be met for continued licensing, and for the frequency at which assessments of current competence must be carried out.

      1. There must be made, and there must always be, rules that govern all of the following matters:

      2. the information that must be provided by an applicant for licensing, and the way in which this information must be evaluated and decisions on the information must be made and implemented; and
        1. the information that must be provided by a licensed building practitioner to demonstrate his or her current competence, and the way in which this information must be evaluated and decisions on the information must be made and implemented; and
          1. the way in which a proposed cancellation or suspension of licensing (that does not relate to a disciplinary matter) is to be considered, decided on, and implemented, and any minimum and maximum periods for suspension.

            1. The rules must be consistent with this Act.

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            Notes
            • Section 353(1)(a): amended, on , by section 85(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
            • Section 353(1)(b): amended, on , by section 85(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
            • Section 353(2)(a): amended, on , by section 85(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
            • Section 353(2)(c): amended, on , by section 85(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).