Deregistration
13 Deregistration
(1) The Registrar must deregister a person as a registered worker if any of the following occurs:
(a) for a continuous period of 4 years, the person has not been credited with any qualifying service;
(b) the person applies to the Registrar in an approved form for the deregistration on the basis that the person no longer carries out construction work;
(c) the person applies to the Registrar in an approved form for the deregistration on the basis that the person has retired from the workforce;
the Registrar is satisfied that the person has died.
(2) The person ceases to be a registered worker from the time when the deregistration is recorded in the Construction Workers Register.
The Registrar must give notice of the deregistration:
by sending it to:
the last known address of the person; or
(ii) the address of the person's personal representative if the person has died; or
(b) by any other means that the Registrar considers reasonable and practicable in the circumstances.
(4) If the Registrar decides to deregister a person because of subsection (1)(a), the Registrar must also state in the notice:
the reasons for the decision; and
(b) that the person is entitled to apply for a reconsideration or review in relation to the decision under Part 5, Division 4.
Except as provided by section 21:
(a) this section does not prevent a deregistered person from being registered again; and
(b) any LSL credit or qualifying service credited to the person before the deregistration ceases to have effect from the time of the deregistration.
(6) The Registrar must not deregister a person as a registered worker except in accordance with this section.
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