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CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2009
2009
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
TERRITORY
(As presented)
(Minister for Planning)
Contents
Page
2009
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
TERRITORY
(As presented)
(Minister for Planning)
Construction
Occupations Legislation Amendment Bill 2009
A Bill for
An Act to amend the
Construction Occupations
(Licensing) Act 2004 and the
Unit Titles Act 2001
The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as
follows:
This Act is the Construction Occupations Legislation Amendment Act
2009.
(1) This Act (other than part 3) commences on the day after its
notification day.
Note The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence
on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
(2) Part 3 commences on a day fixed by the Minister by written
notice.
Note 1 A single day or time may be fixed, or different days or times
may be fixed, for the commencement of different provisions (see Legislation Act,
s 77 (1)).
Note 2 If a provision has not commenced within 6 months beginning on
the notification day, it automatically commences on the first day after that
period (see Legislation Act, s 79).
Part
2 Construction Occupations (Licensing)
Act 2004
3 Legislation
amended—pt 2
This part amends the Construction Occupations (Licensing)
Act 2004.
4 What
is a construction occupation?New
section 7 (j)
insert
(j) works assessor.
substitute
9 What is a building
surveyor?
(1) A building surveyor is an entity that provides, has
provided or proposes to provide—
(a) a building certification service; or
(b) a works assessment service.
Note Works assessment service—see s 14A (2).
(2) A building certification service is the doing of
building certification work.
(3) In this section:
building certification work means anything a building
certifier may or must do under the Building Act 2004.
Note The Building Act 2004 requires a building surveyor to be
appointed as a certifier before doing building certification work. It also
restricts the building certification work certain building surveyors may do
depending on their occupation class.
6 What
is a plumbing plan certifier?Section
14 (1)
omit
provides
substitute
provides, has provided or proposes to provide
insert
14A What is a works
assessor?
(1) A works assessor is an entity who provides, has provided
or proposes to provide a works assessment service.
(2) A works assessment service is the doing of works
assessment work.
(3) In this section:
works assessment work means preparing and providing a unit
title assessment report under the Unit Titles Act 2001.
Note Unit title assessment report—see the Unit
Titles Act 2001, s 22B.
8 What
is an operational Act?Section
16
insert
• Unit Titles Act 2001;
in division 3.1, insert
26A Entitlement to act as works
assessor
(1) A licensed construction practitioner is not entitled to perform
services as a works assessor if the practitioner has an interest in the work
(the works) to be considered for the works assessment
service.
(2) For this section, a licensed construction practitioner has an
interest in the works if the practitioner, or an entity related to
the practitioner—
(a) has a legal or equitable interest in the land where the works are, or
are to be, carried out; or
(b) has prepared, or intends to prepare, drawings intended to be used in
relation to the works, unless—
(i) the works have been certified by another entity; and
(ii) the other entity is not related to the practitioner; or
(c) has carried out, or intends to carry out, any of the works;
or
(d) has a financial interest in the construction or completion of the
works.
(3) For this section, an entity is related to a licensed
construction practitioner if the entity is—
(a) an entity with which the practitioner has a personal, professional,
commercial or financial relationship; or
(b) an employer or employee of the practitioner; or
(c) a company of which the practitioner is a director or in which the
practitioner holds a share.
(4) For this section, works have been certified
if—
(a) a building approval has been issued for the works; or
(b) a development approval has been issued for the works; or
(c) a works assessment service has been provided for the works.
substitute
51 Automatic suspension of licence—construction
occupations
(1) This section applies if—
(a) an entity that is licensed in a construction occupation stops being
eligible to provide a construction service for the construction occupation
because the entity is not insured in accordance with the regulation;
and
(b) the construction occupation is not divided into classes.
Note A regulation may divide a construction occupation into classes
(see s 15).
(2) The entity’s licence is automatically suspended when the
insurance cover stops.
52 Automatic suspension of licence—occupation
classes
(1) This section applies if an entity that is licensed in an occupation
class stops being eligible to provide a construction service for the occupation
class because the entity is not insured in accordance with the
regulation.
Note A regulation may divide a construction occupation into classes
(see s 15).
(2) The entity’s licence is automatically suspended in relation to
the class when the insurance cover stops.
11 End
of automatic licence suspensionSection 53
(1), 4th and 5th dot points
substitute
• section 51 (Automatic suspension licence—construction
occupations);
• section 52 (Automatic suspension of licence—occupation
classes).
12 Notification
of cancellation of insuranceSection 88 (1)
(a)
omit
a licensed building surveyor or plumbing plan certifier
substitute
licensed in a construction occupation or occupation class
13 Construction
occupations registrarNew section 103 (2)
(ha)
insert
(ha) works assessment;
14 Dictionary,
new definitions
insert
works assessment service—see section 14A (2).
works assessor—see section 14A (1).
Part
3 Unit Titles Act
2001
15 Legislation
amended—pt 3
This part amends the Unit Titles Act 2001.
16 Unit
title applications—general
requirementsSection 17
(5)
substitute
(5) The application must include—
(a) if not provided in a unit title assessment report included in the
application—
(i) a certificate from a registered surveyor describing the degree to
which any building (including an attachment to a building) on, or being
constructed on, the parcel is situated in accordance with the application;
and
(ii) if any existing or proposed attachment to a building on the parcel
encroaches, or would encroach, on a public place—a plan prepared by a
registered surveyor that shows—
(A) the nature and extent of the encroachment; and
(B) whether the encroachment is for use with a unit or the common
property; and
(C) if the encroachment is for use with a unit—the unit to which the
encroachment relates; and
Note Attachment, encroachment and public
place—see the dictionary.
(b) if the parcel is prescribed by regulation—a unit title
assessment report that is not more than 3 months old.
Note Unit title assessment report—see s
22B.
17 Unit
title applications—approvalNew
section 20 (4A)
insert
(4A) The planning and land authority may refuse to approve the application
if—
(a) the applicant is required to provide the authority with a unit title
assessment report under section 17 and—
(i) has not provided a unit title assessment report; or
(ii) has provided a unit title assessment report that is more than 3
months old; or
(b) the authority has asked for further information under section 22F
and the applicant has not provided some or all of the information
by—
(i) the end of the period stated in the request; or
(ii) if the authority has extended the period within which the further
information must be provided—the end of that period.
insert
Division 3.1A Unit title assessment reports
for unit title applications
22A Meaning of unit title
assessor
In this Act:
unit title assessor means—
(a) a works assessor licensed under the Construction Occupations
(Licensing) Act 2004; or
Note Works assessor—see the Construction Occupations
(Licensing) Act 2004, s 14A.
(b) a building surveyor licensed under the Construction Occupations
(Licensing) Act 2004 when providing a works assessment service.
Note Building surveyor—see the Construction
Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004, s 9.
22B Unit title assessment
reports
(1) An applicant under section 17 (the applicant) may apply,
in writing, to a unit title assessor for a report (a unit title assessment
report).
(2) The application must include any details or material prescribed by
regulation.
Example
proposed unit title plans
Note 1 If a form is approved under s 180 for this provision, the
form must be used.
Note 2 An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may
extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears
(see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
(3) If a unit title assessor receives an application under
subsection (1) and the unit title assessor agrees to undertake the work,
the unit title assessor must—
(a) prepare a unit title assessment report and give it to the applicant;
and
Note 1 The report must be prepared and given to the applicant as
soon as possible (see Legislation Act, s 151B).
Note 2 The unit title assessor may refuse to prepare and provide a
report if the unit title assessor does not have enough information (see
s 22E).
(b) not later than 5 working days after the day the assessor gives the
report to the applicant—give a copy of the report to the planning and land
authority.
(4) If, after taking reasonable steps, an applicant cannot find a unit
title assessor who will agree to prepare a unit title assessment report, the
applicant may apply to the construction occupations registrar to appoint a unit
title assessor to prepare a unit title assessment report and give it to the
applicant.
(5) A regulation may prescribe the requirements for a unit title
assessment report, including—
(a) what the report must contain; or
(b) anything that must accompany the report.
22C Unit title assessment report
applications—unit title assessor may require further
information
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a unit title assessor requires further information to prepare a unit
title assessment report under section 22B; and
(b) the applicant and the unit title assessor have not agreed that the
unit title assessor will obtain the further information; and
(c) the unit title assessor believes on reasonable grounds that the
further information will help the unit title assessor to prepare the
report.
(2) The unit title assessor may, by written notice, ask the applicant to
give the unit title assessor stated further information in relation to the
application.
22D Unit title assessment report
applications—contents of request for further
information
(1) A request under section 22C must—
(a) state the period within which the further information asked for must
be provided; and
(b) if the further information is not a document—state that the
further information must be provided in writing; and
(c) state that the applicant need not provide the further information, but
if the applicant fails to provide some or all of the information in accordance
with the request, the unit title assessor may refuse to provide a unit title
assessment report under section 22E; and
(d) state that, despite the applicant and unit title assessor having
previously not agreed that the unit title assessor would obtain the further
information, the applicant and unit title assessor may agree that the unit title
assessor will obtain the information.
(2) The request may require the applicant to confirm all or part of any
information provided by statutory declaration.
(3) The period stated under subsection (1) (a) must be at least
20 working days or, if a shorter period is prescribed by regulation, the
shorter period.
(4) The unit title assessor may, on application before the end of the
period stated under subsection (1) (a), extend the period within which the
further information must be provided once only, for a period not longer than 20
working days.
22E Unit title assessment report
applications—effect of failure to provide further
information
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a unit title assessor has asked for further information under section
22C in relation to an application; and
(b) the applicant has not provided some or all of the information
by—
(i) the end of the period stated in the request; or
(ii) if the unit title assessor has extended the period within which the
further information must be provided—the end of that period; and
(c) the applicant and the unit title assessor have not agreed that the
unit title assessor will obtain the further information.
(2) The unit title assessor may refuse to prepare and provide a unit title
assessment report under section 22B.
22F Unit title applications—authority may
require further information
(1) This section applies if—
(a) an applicant has provided a unit title assessment report under
section 17; and
(b) further information is needed for the planning and land authority to
be able to decide the application under section 20; and
(c) the authority believes on reasonable grounds that the further
information will help the authority to decide the application
(2) The authority may, by written notice, ask the applicant to give the
authority stated further information in relation to the application.
22G Unit title applications—contents of request
for further information
(1) A request under section 22F must—
(a) state the period within which the further information asked for must
be provided; and
(b) if the further information is not a document—state that the
further information must be provided in writing; and
(c) state that the applicant need not provide the further information, but
if the applicant fails to provide some or all of the information in accordance
with the request, the authority may refuse to approve the unit title application
under section 20 (4A).
(2) The period stated under subsection (1) (a) must be at least
20 working days or, if a shorter period is prescribed by regulation, the
shorter period.
(3) The authority may, on application before the end of the period stated
under subsection (1) (a), extend the period within which the further information
must be provided once only, for a period not longer than 20 working
days.
19 Regulation-making
powerNew section 181
(2)
insert
(2) A regulation may create offences and fix maximum penalties of not more
than 60 penalty units for the offences.
insert
Part 25 Transitional—Construction
Occupations Legislation Amendment Act 2009
300 Meaning of commencement day—pt
25
In this part:
commencement day means the day this part commences.
301 Transitional—unit title applications lodged
before commencement day
(1) This section applies if—
(a) before the commencement day, a lessee of a parcel applied for approval
of the subdivision of the parcel under section 17 (Unit title
applications—general requirements); and
(b) immediately before the commencement day—
(i) the planning and land authority had not decided the application under
section 20 (Unit title applications—approval); or
(ii) if an application for review to the ACAT had been made for a decision
to refuse to approve a unit title application under section 20 (4)—the
proceeding on the application had not ended.
(2) The lessee is not required to provide a unit title assessment
report.
302 Transitional regulations—pt
25
(1) A regulation may prescribe transitional matters necessary or
convenient to be prescribed because of the enactment of part 3 of the
Construction Occupations Legislation Amendment Act 2009.
(2) A regulation may modify this part (including in relation to another
territory law) to make provision in relation to anything that, in the
Executive’s opinion, is not, or is not adequately or appropriately, dealt
with in this part.
(3) A regulation under subsection (2) has effect despite anything
elsewhere in this Act or another territory law.
(4) A regulation under subsection (2) expires 2 years after the day it
commences.
303 Expiry—pt 25
This part expires 5 years after the commencement day.
21 Dictionary,
new definitions
insert
unit title assessment report—see section 22B.
unit title assessor—see section 22A.
Endnotes
1 Presentation speech
Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 2009.
2 Notification
Notified under the Legislation Act on 2009.
3 Republications of amended laws
For the latest republication of amended laws, see
www.legislation.act.gov.au.
© Australian Capital Territory
2009
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