Terms used

In force

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

amend, in relation to registration, includes —

(a)

impose a condition; and

(b)

vary or revoke a condition already imposed;

Board means the Building Services Board established by section 65;

body means any of the following —

(a)

a corporation;

(b)

a partnership;

(c)

an unincorporated body;

Building Commissioner has the meaning given in the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 3;

building permit means —

(a)

a building permit granted under the Building Act 2011; or

(b)

a building licence issued under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960 section 374;

building service has the meaning given in the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 3;

building service contractor means a person registered under section 18;

building service practitioner means a person registered under section 17;

Building Services Account means the account referred to in the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 92;

CEO means the chief executive officer of the Department;

class, in relation to a building service practitioner or building service contractor, means a class prescribed as referred to in section 9;

committee means a committee appointed under section 88;

complaint means a complaint made under the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 15;

condition includes restriction;

corporation has the meaning given in the Corporations Act section 57A;

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth);

Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;

ineligible person means a person declared to be an ineligible person under section 60;

insolvent has the meaning given in section 63A(1);

jurisdiction means a State or Territory of the Commonwealth;

nominated supervisor has the meaning given in section 21;

officer means —

(a)

in the case of a corporation — an officer of a corporation as defined in the Corporations Act section 9; or

(b)

in the case of a body that is not a corporation — an officer of an entity that is neither an individual nor a corporation as defined in the Corporations Act section 9;

prescribed building service means a building service that is prescribed by the regulations;

public authority means any of the following —

(a)

a Minister of the State;

(b)

an agency or an organisation as those terms are defined in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 section 3(1);

(c)

a local government, regional local government or regional subsidiary;

(d)

a body, whether incorporated or not, or the holder of an office, that is established or continued for a public purpose under a written law and that, under the authority of a written law, performs a statutory function on behalf of the State;

registered building service provider means either of the following —

(a)

a building service practitioner;

(b)

a building service contractor;

registration means registration under Part 3;

registration certificate means a certificate issued under section 20;

registration number, in relation to a registered building service provider, means the number assigned to the person’s registration certificate by the Building Commissioner;

serious offence means an offence (whether committed in or outside this State) that is —

(a)

an indictable offence against a law of this State, the Commonwealth or another jurisdiction (whether or not the offence is or may be dealt with summarily); or

(b)

an offence against the law of another jurisdiction that would be an indictable offence against a law of this State if committed in this State (whether or not the offence could be dealt with summarily if committed in this State).

[Section 3 amended: No. 26 of 2016 s. 31; No. 4 of 2021 s. 126.]

Regulations

This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations). Made under this Act:

Building Services (Registration) Regulations 2011

This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum Second reading speech

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