Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person is a qualified person for the purpose of certifying a claim under section 10 if the person is--
(a) an architect registered in accordance with the Architects Act 2002; or
(b) a registered professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 2002; or
(c) a person licensed under the Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991 to carry out or supervise work of the type to which the claim relates; or
(d) a quantity surveyor who is a member of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors; or
(e) a person having expert knowledge of the work to which the claim relates who is accepted in a particular case as a qualified person by the contractor and subcontractor.
(2) A person must not give a certificate with respect to a claim that relates to any work in respect of which the person has directly or indirectly a specific interest.
(3) A person who gives a certificate with respect to a claim does not incur liability by reason only of the giving of that certificate unless in relation thereto the person is guilty of fraud, wilful misconduct or wilful neglect.