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HOME BUILDING ACT 1989 - SECT 25

25 Issue of certificates

(1) The Director-General must reject an application for a supervisor or tradesperson certificate if:

(a) the Director-General is not satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold such a certificate, or

(b) the applicant is a mentally incapacitated person, or

(c) the applicant is disqualified by this Act or the regulations from holding such a certificate.

(1A) Without limiting subsection (1) (a), in determining whether an applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a certificate the Director-General is to consider whether the applicant is of good repute, having regard to character, honesty and integrity.

(2) The regulations may specify or provide for the Director-General to determine additional qualifications that must be held or other requirements that must be met before any supervisor or tradesperson certificate is issued or before such a certificate of a particular kind is issued.

(3) The Director-General must reject an application for a supervisor or tradesperson certificate:

(a) if the Director-General is not satisfied that any such requirement would be met were the certificate to be issued, or

(b) if the applicant has not completed, at a standard acceptable to the Director-General, any relevant examination or practical test (or both) conducted or nominated by the Director-General and required by the Director-General to be completed by the applicant.

(4) A decision of the Director-General relating to:

(a) the determining of qualifications or other requirements under subsection (2), or

(b) the setting of standards or selecting of examinations or tests under subsection (3),

cannot be reviewed by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal in an application for review made under this or any other Act.