Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004

The dictionary at the end of this Act defines certain terms used in this Act, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other terms defined elsewhere.

A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to the entire Act unless the definition, or another provision of the Act, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).

See Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.

Criminal Code

Penalty units

A construction practitioner is an entity that provides, has provided or proposes to provide a construction service.

A construction service is the doing or supervision of work in a construction occupation.

Supervise—see dict.

For this Act, the regulations may—

prescribe work as work in a construction occupation; and

exclude work from a construction occupation.

builder;

building assessor;

building surveyor;

drainer;

electrician;

gasfitter;

gas appliance worker;

plumber;

plumbing plan certifier;

works assessor.

A builder is an entity that provides, has provided or proposes to provide a building service.

A building service is the doing or supervising of building work.

Building work—see the Building Act 2004, section 6.

For building work that involves asbestos removal, a builder must hold an asbestos removal licence (see Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011, div 8.10.1).

A building assessor is an entity that provides, has provided or proposes to provide a building assessment service.

A building assessment service is the doing of building assessment work.

A building surveyor is an entity that provides, has provided or proposes to provide—

a building certification service; or

an exemption assessment service; or

a works assessment service.

Works assessment service—see s 14A (2).

An exemption assessment service is the doing of exemption assessment work.

A building certification service is the doing of building certification work.

In this section:

The Building Act 2004 requires a building surveyor to be appointed as a certifier before doing building certification work. It also restricts the building certification work certain building surveyors may do depending on their occupation class.

A drainer is an entity that provides, has provided or proposes to provide a sanitary drainage service.

A sanitary drainage service is the doing or supervision of sanitary drainage work.

In this section:

An electrician is an entity that provides, has provided or proposes to provide electrical wiring services.

An electrical wiring service is the doing or supervision of electrical wiring work.

In this section:

A gasfitter is an entity that provides, has provided or proposes to provide a gasfitting service.

A gasfitting service is the doing or supervision of gasfitting work.

In this section: