Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONS (LICENSING) ACT 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Notes  
   5.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  

   PART 2--IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

   6.      What is a construction practitioner?  
   7.      What is a construction occupation?  
   7A.     Who is an asbestos assessor?  
   7B.     What is an asbestos removalist?  
   8.      What is a builder?  
   9.      What is a building surveyor?  
   10.     What is a drainer?  
   11.     What is an electrician?  
   12.     What is a gasfitter?  
   13.     What is a plumber?  
   14.     What is a plumbing plan certifier?  
   15.     Classes of construction occupations  
   16.     What is an operational Act?  

   PART 3--CONSTRUCTION PRACTITIONERS LICENCES

           Division 3.1--General

   17.     Licence applications  
   18.     Eligibility for licence  
   19.     Decision on licence application  
   20.     Multiple occupations, classes and authorisation  
   21.     Licence conditions  
   22.     Endorsements on licences  
   23.     Form of licence  
   24.     Term of licence  
   25.     Licence renewal  
   26.     Voluntary licence cancellation  

           Division 3.2--Nominees

   27.     Meaning of mandatory requirement for div 3.2  
   28.     Nominees of corporations and partnerships  
   29.     Resignation of nominee  
   30.     Revocation of nominee's appointment  
   31.     Role of nominees  
   32.     Legislation Act and nominee appointments  

   PART 4--RECTIFICATION ORDERS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS ON LICENSEES

   33.     Meaning of authorised action and authorised licensee in pt  
   33A.    Rectification orders—exercise of registrar's powers  
   34.     Intention to make rectification order  
   35.     When rectification order may be made  
   36.     Considerations for deciding under s 34 and s 35  
   37.     Rectification order inappropriate  
   38.     Rectification orders  
   39.     Emergency rectification order  
   40.     Rectification order offence  
   41.     Failure to comply with order  
   42.     Action on emergency rectification order  
   43.     Hindering or obstructing authorised licensee  
   44.     Damage etc by authorised licensee to be minimised  
   45.     Compensation  
   46.     Protection of authorised licensees from liability  
   47.     Licensee to give evidence of insurance  

   PART 5--AUTOMATIC LICENCE SUSPENSION AND OCCUPATIONAL DISCIPLINE

           Division 5.1--Automatic licence suspension

   48.     Automatic suspension of individual licence  
   49.     Automatic suspension of corporate licence  
   50.     Automatic suspension of partnership licence  
   51.     Automatic suspension of building surveyors licence  
   52.     Automatic suspension of plumbing plan certifiers licence  
   53.     End of automatic licence suspension  

           Division 5.2--Occupational discipline—licensees

   54.     Meaning of licensee—div 5.2  
   55.     Grounds for occupational discipline  
   57.     Considerations before making occupational discipline orders  
   58.     Occupational discipline orders—licensees  
   59.     Interim licence suspension  
   60.     Effect of interim suspension  
   61.     Revocation of interim suspension  
   62.     Builders licence affected by occupational discipline or other action  
   63.     Effect of non-renewal on suspended licence  
   64.     Requirement to return surrendered licence  

   PART 6--ENFORCEMENT

   75.     Meaning of compliance auditor for pt 6  
   76.     Compliance auditors  
   77.     Role of compliance auditor  
   78.     Identity cards  
   79.     Functions not to be exercised before identity card shown  
   80.     Functions of compliance auditors  

   PART 7--OFFENCES

   81.     Pretending to be licensed  
   82.     No nominee  
   83.     Advertising without details  
   84.     Certain entities not to provide construction services  
   85.     Allowing unlicensed people to provide construction service  
   86.     Surrender of licences  
   87.     Breach of licence conditions or codes  
   88.     Notification of cancellation of insurance  

   PART 8--DEMERIT POINTS SYSTEM

   89.     Definitions—pt 8  
   90.     Meaning of previous 3 years for pt 8  
   91.     Recording demerit points  
   92.     When demerit points are incurred  
   93.     Deleting demerit points  
   94.     Warning notices  
   95.     Consequences of incurring demerit points—licensees  
   96.     Consequences of incurring demerit points—applicant for issue or renewal of  
   97.     Licence suspension  
   98.     Licence disqualification  
   99.     Demerit points incurred but not taken into account for notice of licence suspension  
   100.    Issue of licence suspension notice etc  
   101.    Keeping demerit points register  
   102.    Security and disclosure of information in demerit points register  

   PART 9--ADMINISTRATION

   103.    Construction occupations registrar  
   104.    Registrar's functions  
   105.    Delegation by registrar  
   106.    Deputy registrars  
   107.    The register  
   108.    Recording rectification orders  
   109.    Recording contravention of rectification orders  
   110.    Recording interim licence suspension  
   111.    Removal of information from register  
   112.    Annual report by registrar  
   113.    Evidentiary certificates  

   PART 10--ADVISORY BOARDS

   114.    Establishment of advisory boards  
   115.    Constitution of advisory board  
   116.    Advisory board functions  

   PART 11--COMPLAINTS

   117.    Who may complain?  
   118.    Form of complaint  
   119.    Withdrawal of complaints  
   120.    Further information about complaint etc  
   121.    Investigation of complaint  
   122.    No further action  

   PART 11A--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS

   123A.   Meaning of reviewable decision—pt 11A  
   123B.   Reviewable decision notices  
   123C.   Review of reviewable decisions  

   PART 12--MISCELLANEOUS

   125.    Protection of registrar, advisory boards etc  
   126.    AS 3500 and Legislation Act, s 47  
   127.    Determination of fees  
   128.    Approved forms  
   129.    Regulation-making power  
   131.    Review of Act  

   PART 14--TRANSITIONAL--CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2006

   154.    Transitional—conduct engaged in before 1/9/04  
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