Professional misconduct
34S Professional misconduct
A building practitioner is guilty of professional misconduct if, on completion of an inquiry, the Inquiry Board is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the practitioner:
has committed an offence against this Act or the Regulations; or
(b) is guilty of a pattern of negligent or incompetent conduct or serious negligence or incompetence in carrying out particular work; or
(c) has authorised or permitted an employee, or another person engaged to do work on the practitioner's behalf, to work as a building practitioner in a category of building practitioner in which the employee or other person is not registered; or
(d) obtained his or her registration by fraud or misrepresentation; or
(e) has had his or her authority to practise as a building practitioner in a place outside the Territory cancelled or suspended, otherwise than for failure to renew the authority; or
(f) is guilty of conduct referred to in section 33(1)(a) or (b) or 34E(1)(a) or (b); or
is otherwise guilty of professional misconduct.
This provision refers to the regulations (the Regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
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