Building and Development Certifiers Regulation 2020

A registered certifier (other than a swimming pool inspector) must each year undertake at least 25 points of relevant education and training—

approved by the Secretary in the Guidelines and given a points value by the Secretary, or

that is part of a program offered by a professional body approved by the Secretary in the Guidelines and given a points value by the professional body.

Despite subclause (1), a council certifier who is taken to be registered because of clause 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act must complete—

at least 15 points of relevant education and training in the first year after the certifier first renews that registration, and

at least 20 points of relevant education and training in the second year after the renewal, and

at least 25 points of relevant education and training in any subsequent year.

Despite subclause (1), a person who is registered for the first time and is a council certifier is required to complete—

if the person first becomes registered on or after 1 July 2020 and before 1 July 2021—

at least 15 points of relevant education and training in the first year after the certifier is first registered, and

at least 20 points of relevant education and training in the second year after the certifier is first registered, and

if the person first becomes registered on or after 1 July 2021 and before 1 July 2022, at least 20 points of relevant education and training in the first year after the certifier is first registered, and

at least 25 points of relevant education and training in any subsequent year.

Despite subclause (1), a certifier who is taken to be registered because of clause 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act continues to be subject to any continuing professional development requirements that the certifier was subject to under the Building Professionals Act 2005 immediately before the repeal of that Act as if that Act and any instrument under that Act had not been repealed.

Subclause (4) ceases to apply to a registered certifier when the registered certifier first renews the certifier’s registration.