Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ACT - SECT 24C

    (1)     A person who carried out building work before the commencement of this section may, in the approved form accompanied by the prescribed fee, apply to the Practitioners Board to be registered as a building practitioner in the category of building contractor.

    (2)     Where the Practitioners Board is satisfied, on an application under subsection (1) by a person, not being a corporation, that the person:

        (a)     carried out building work before the commencement of this section;

        (b)     is a fit and proper person to be registered;

        (c)     has qualifications and experience determined by the Minister;

        (d)     is competent to carry out work as a building contractor; and

        (e)     has complied with the prescribed conditions, if any,

it must grant the registration of the person as a building practitioner in the category of building contractor.

    (3)     Where the Practitioners Board is satisfied, on an application under subsection (1) by a corporation, that:

        (a)     the corporation carried out building work before the commencement of this section;

        (b)     all the directors of the corporation would be fit and proper persons to be registered if the application had been made by them personally;

        (c)     at least one director or a nominee of the corporation is a building practitioner in the category of building contractor to which the application relates;

        (d)     the director or nominee referred to in paragraph (c) resides in the Territory; and

        (e)     the corporation has complied with the prescribed conditions, if any,

it must register the corporation as a building practitioner in the category of building contractor.

    (4)     An application under this section must be made within 6 months after the commencement of this section.

    (5)     Conditions prescribed for the purposes of subsection (2)(e) or (3)(e) may include a condition requiring a building practitioner to hold a policy of professional indemnity or other insurance of a type or for an amount, or both, determined by the Minister.

    (6)     In this section:

"building work" means building work that, after the commencement of Part 4A, may be carried out only by a prescribed building contractor.