New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DESIGN AND BUILDING PRACTITIONERS ACT 2020 - SECT 54

54 Recognition procedure

(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the recognition of persons or classes of persons as registered practitioners for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may provide for the following--

(a) the recognition of persons as registered practitioners who--

(i) hold designated qualifications, or

(ii) are registered or recognised as practitioners by a professional body or a professional body belonging to a class of professional bodies, or

(iii) are registered or recognised as practitioners under a law of this State or another State or a Territory or the Commonwealth,

(b) the requirements relating to the registration or recognition processes of professional bodies that register or recognise practitioners including the following--

(i) how qualifications and competencies are to be assessed,

(ii) the time in which a decision on registration or recognition must be made,

(iii) the procedures to be used to monitor and improve the registration or recognition processes,

(iv) the maximum fees that may be charged,

(v) the requirements relating to continuing professional development,

(vi) audit requirements,

(c) the financial and other facilities that a professional body must have and other requirements that must be met before a professional body is able to register or recognise practitioners,

(d) the classes of practitioners for which persons or classes of persons may be recognised as registered practitioners,

(e) the qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience required for recognition,

(f) insurance requirements for recognition,

(g) applications for recognition and related matters (including conditions of recognition).