BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 246CG Criteria for deciding suitability of applicants and licensees

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 246CG

246CG Criteria for deciding suitability of applicants and licensees

(1) This section applies if, under this part, the QBCC commissioner is considering whether an applicant for, or for the renewal of, a licence or a licence holder is a suitable person to hold a licence.

(2) The commissioner must consider each of the following—

(a) whether the applicant or holder has been convicted of a relevant offence;

(b) whether the applicant or holder has previously been refused a licence, or has had a licence suspended or cancelled, under this Act or another relevant Act;

(c) whether the applicant or holder has, under another relevant Act, been disqualified from holding a licence under that Act;

(d) whether the demerit points prescribed under a regulation for this section have been accumulated by the applicant or holder;

(e) dealings in which the applicant or holder has been involved and the standard of honesty and integrity demonstrated in the dealings;

(f) whether the applicant or holder has the prescribed professional indemnity insurance;

(g) any other relevant circumstance.