Occupational Licensing Act 2005

The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may provide for the following:fees to be paid to the Administrator in the administration of this Act; contractors' licences, practitioners' licences, building services licences and owner builder permits; supervision of prescribed work and of any work associated with prescribed work; notification of carrying out prescribed work, rectification of prescribed work and inspection and investigation of prescribed work; standards of prescribed work; certificates of compliance to be provided by licence holders on completion of prescribed work; competency standards; acquisition, maintenance and further development of skills required to carry out any prescribed work; regulating or prohibiting the use of any words which may imply that a person is authorised to carry on an occupation, trade or calling to which this Act applies; proceedings under this Act; any matter necessary for, or incidental to, the winding-up of the Plumbers and Gas-fitters Registration Board – and the regulations may also contain transitional and savings provisions providing for – any person who is registered, or holds a certificate or other qualification, under – the Plumbers and Gas-fitters Registration Act 1951; or any other enactment relating to an occupation, trade or calling to which this Act applies – to be taken to be the holder of an appropriate licence under this Act or a nominated manager under this Act; a requirement that any such person is to be covered by insurance as provided by sections 27 and 28; any matter that is necessary or desirable arising from the Occupational Licensing Amendment Act 2016; any other matter that is necessary or desirable arising from the amendments set out in Schedule 6 or the repeal or rescission effected by Schedule 7 or 8.

The regulations may adopt or incorporate, with or without modification, the provisions as in force at the time of the adoption or incorporation or as in force from time to time of – a law in force in another jurisdiction; or a standard, rule, code, specification, criterion or protocol issued or published by a body or authority specified in the regulations.

The regulations may – provide that a contravention of any of the regulations is an offence; and in respect of any such offence, provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units for a body corporate and 100 penalty units for a natural person; and provide for the issue of infringement notices for offences specified in the regulations; and provide for the awarding of demerit points to a licence holder as a result of any disciplinary incident specified in the regulations.

The regulations may provide for the payment, remitting, refunding and waiving of fees in respect of any matter under this Act.

The regulations – may be of limited or general application; and may be made so as to apply differently, according to matters, limitations or restrictions, whether as to time, circumstance or otherwise, specified in the regulations; and may authorise any matter to be determined by the Administrator from time to time.