BUILDING SERVICES (REGISTRATION) ACT 2011 - SECT 3

BUILDING SERVICES (REGISTRATION) ACT 2011 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used

                In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        amend , in relation to registration, includes —

            (a)         impose a condition; and

            (b)         vary or revoke a condition already imposed;

        Board means the Building Services Board established by section 65;

        body means any of the following —

            (a)         a corporation;

            (b)         a partnership;

            (c)         an unincorporated body;

        Building Commissioner has the meaning given in the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 3;

        building permit means —

            (a)         a building permit granted under the Building Act 2011 ; or

            (b)         a building licence issued under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960 section 374;

        building service has the meaning given in the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 3;

        building service contractor means a person registered under section 18;

        building service practitioner means a person registered under section 17;

        Building Services Account means the account referred to in the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 92;

        CEO means the chief executive officer of the Department;

        class , in relation to a building service practitioner or building service contractor, means a class prescribed as referred to in section 9;

        committee means a committee appointed under section 88;

        complaint means a complaint made under the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 15;

        condition includes restriction;

        corporation has the meaning given in the Corporations Act section 57A;

        Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth);

        Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;

        ineligible person means a person declared to be an ineligible person under section 60;

        insolvent has the meaning given in section 63A(1);

        jurisdiction means a State or Territory of the Commonwealth;

        nominated supervisor has the meaning given in section 21;

        officer means —

            (a)         in the case of a corporation — an officer of a corporation as defined in the Corporations Act section 9; or

            (b)         in the case of a body that is not a corporation — an officer of an entity that is neither an individual nor a corporation as defined in the Corporations Act section 9;

        prescribed building service means a building service that is prescribed by the regulations;

        public authority means any of the following —

            (a)         a Minister of the State;

            (b)         an agency or an organisation as those terms are defined in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 section 3(1);

            (c)         a local government, regional local government or regional subsidiary;

            (d)         a body, whether incorporated or not, or the holder of an office, that is established or continued for a public purpose under a written law and that, under the authority of a written law, performs a statutory function on behalf of the State;

        register means the register referred to in section 29;

        registered building service provider means either of the following —

            (a)         a building service practitioner;

            (b)         a building service contractor;

        registration means registration under Part 3;

        registration certificate means a certificate issued under section 20;

        registration number , in relation to a registered building service provider, means the number assigned to the person’s registration certificate by the Building Commissioner;

        serious offence means an offence (whether committed in or outside this State) that is —

            (a)         an indictable offence against a law of this State, the Commonwealth or another jurisdiction (whether or not the offence is or may be dealt with summarily); or

            (b)         an offence against the law of another jurisdiction that would be an indictable offence against a law of this State if committed in this State (whether or not the offence could be dealt with summarily if committed in this State).

        [Section 3 amended: No. 26 of 2016 s. 31; No. 4 of 2021 s. 126.]