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18H Unlicensed contracting

(1) A person must not contract to do any building consultancy work except as or on behalf of an individual, partnership or corporation that is the holder of a building consultancy licence authorising its holder to contract to do that work.

Maximum penalty: 1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units in any other case.

(2) The holder of a building consultancy licence who has contracted to do any building consultancy work must not contract with another person for the other person to do the work (or any part of the work) for the holder unless the other person is the holder of a building consultancy licence to do work of that kind.

Maximum penalty: 1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units in any other case.

(3) The holder of a building consultancy licence is not guilty of an offence under subsection (2) if the holder establishes that the holder did all that could reasonably be required to prevent the contravention of the subsection.