Qualifications of registered adjudicators
9 Qualifications of registered adjudicators
For the purposes of section 48(1) of the Act, an individual must have the qualifications and experience set out in subregulations (2), (3) and (4) to be eligible to be a registered adjudicator.
The individual must —
have a degree, from a university or other tertiary institution in Australia, in a course listed in the Table to this paragraph, or an equivalent qualification from an overseas university or tertiary institution;
Table
Architecture | Building |
Engineering | Construction |
Quantity surveying | Law |
Building surveying | Project management |
or
be eligible for membership of a professional institution listed in the Table to this paragraph;
Table
The Royal Australian Institute of Architects |
Institution of Engineers Australia |
Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors |
Australian Institute of Building Surveyors |
The Australian Institute of Building |
The Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators of Australia |
Australian Institute of Project Management |
or
be a builder registered under the Builders’ Registration Act 1939.
The individual must have had at least 5 years’ experience in —
administering construction contracts; or
dispute resolution relating to construction contracts.
The individual must have successfully completed an appropriate training course which qualifies the person for the performance of the functions of an adjudicator under the Act.
For the purposes of subregulation (2)(a), a qualification is equivalent to another if the course of study for the first qualification covers approximately the same matters as does the course of study for the second.
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