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HOME BUILDING ACT 1989 - SECT 5 Seeking work by or for unlicensed person

HOME BUILDING ACT 1989 - SECT 5

Seeking work by or for unlicensed person

5 Seeking work by or for unlicensed person

(1) An individual, a member of a partnership, an officer of a corporation or a corporation must not represent that the individual, partnership or corporation is prepared to do--
(a) any residential building work, or
(b) any specialist work,
if the individual, partnership or corporation is not the holder of a contractor licence authorising its holder to contract to do that work.
(2) A person must not represent that an individual, partnership or corporation is prepared to do--
(a) any residential building work, or
(b) any specialist work,
if the person knows that the individual, partnership or corporation is not the holder of a contractor licence authorising its holder to contract to do that work.
(3) An individual who is convicted of a second or subsequent offence under this section is liable to a penalty not exceeding 500 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.
: Maximum penalty--1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units in any other case.