BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT CERTIFIERS ACT 2018 - SECT 35
Registered certifier to notify Secretary of certain events
BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT CERTIFIERS ACT 2018 - SECT 35
Registered certifier to notify Secretary of certain events
(1) A registered certifier must notify the Secretary in writing of the
following events within 7 days after becoming aware of the event-- (a) an
equivalent authorisation held by the registered certifier being suspended or
cancelled (other than at the request of the registered certifier),
(b)
proceedings being instituted against the registered certifier (including, if
the registered certifier is a registered body corporate, proceedings being
instituted against a director of the body corporate) for a relevant offence,
(c) the registered certifier (including, if the registered certifier is a
registered body corporate, a director of the body corporate) being found
guilty of a relevant offence,
(d) the registered certifier (including, if the
registered certifier is a registered body corporate, a director of the body
corporate) being investigated in another Australian jurisdiction by a
government agency or a body that issues an equivalent authorisation with
respect to the carrying out of work authorised to be carried out under an
equivalent authorisation or a failure to comply with an
equivalent authorisation,
(e) the registered certifier (including, if the
registered certifier is a registered body corporate, a director of the body
corporate) becoming bankrupt or making a composition, arrangement or
assignment for the benefit of creditors,
(f) the registered certifier no
longer being covered by insurance that is required with respect to the
carrying out of certification work by or on behalf of the
registered certifier,
(g) if the registered certifier is a
registered body corporate--the registered body corporate becoming the subject
of a winding up order or having a controller or administrator appointed,
(h)
if the registered certifier is a registered body corporate--the
registered body corporate having no director who is registered in a class that
would authorise the director to carry out the certification work authorised to
be carried out by the registration of the body corporate,
(i) any event
prescribed by the regulations.
: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.
(2) A
registered certifier must notify the Secretary in writing of any change
required to the particulars recorded in the register with respect to the
registered certifier (other than an event that the Secretary has already been
notified of) within 14 days of the registered certifier becoming aware of the
need for the change. : Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.
