Building Act 2004

An entity’s appointment as certifier for building work on land ends if—

the owner of the land revokes the appointment by written notice given to the entity; or

the entity resigns the appointment; or

the entity’s appointment has been suspended for a single period of 3 months or longer; or

each of the following apply:

a certificate under part 5 (Building occupancy) is issued for the building work;

the certificate is not subject to a condition that requires building work to be done;

there is no part of the building work for which a certificate under part 5 has not been issued; or

it has been 5 years since the certifier was last appointed as certifier for the building work.

An entity may resign an appointment as certifier only—

with the written approval of the construction occupations registrar; and

by written notice given to the owner of the land.

The construction occupations registrar may approve the resignation of the entity as certifier only if satisfied that—

the entity can not exercise the entity’s functions as a certifier in relation to the building work because of mental or physical incapacity; or

the entity has arranged for another certifier to take over the entity’s functions as a certifier in relation to the building work; or

it is otherwise appropriate to approve the resignation.

An appointment that ends under subsection (1) (c) ends—

for a suspension for a single period of 3 months—on the day after the end of the 3-month period; or

for a suspension for a single period of longer than 3 months—on the day after the end of the first 3 months of the period.