BUILDING WORK CONTRACTORS ACT 1995 - SECT 59
BUILDING WORK CONTRACTORS ACT 1995 - SECT 59
(1) In proceedings in
respect of an offence against this Act, if it is proved that a person
performed building work for another for fee or reward, the person is, unless
the contrary is proved, to be taken to have been carrying on business as a
building work contractor.
(2) In proceedings in
respect of an offence against this Act, if it is proved that a person has,
during a period of five years, sold or let (whether by lease, licence or other
agreement) two or more buildings each of which has been built or improved as a
result of building work performed by that person during that period, the
person is, unless the contrary is proved, to be taken to have been carrying on
business as a building work contractor.
(3) In any
proceedings, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of
the Commissioner certifying—
(a) that
a person was or was not licensed as a building work contractor on a specified
date; or
(b) that
a person was or was not registered as a building work supervisor on a
specified date; or
(c) that
a person was, or that no person was, approved as a building work supervisor in
relation to a specified building work contractor's business on a specified
date,
will be accepted, in the absence of proof to the contrary, as proof of the
matters so certified.