Queensland Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATION 2006 - REG 72

72 Continued application of expired section 52(3A) in relation to exempted licences

(1) This section applies in relation to a private certifier who holds an exempted licence.

(2) Expired section 52(3A) continues to apply in relation to the private certifier until the exempted licence expires.

Example—

If the private certifier holds an exempted licence that expires on 12 September 2022, section 52(1) does not apply to the certifier until 13 September 2022 to the extent the certifier performs private certifying functions mentioned in expired section 52(3A).

(3) For subsection (2), the reference in expired section 52(3A) to the exemption period is taken to be a reference to the period starting on 1 July 2022 and ending when the exempted licence expires.

(4) This section does not limit section 52(1).

(5) In this section—

"exempted licence" means a private certifier’s licence—

(a) with a private certification endorsement made during the extended exemption period in reliance on section 52(3A) as in force during that period; and

(b) that is in force at the end of the extended exemption period.

"expired section 52(3A)" means section 52(3A) as in force immediately before its expiry on 1 July 2022.

"extended exemption period" means the period—

(a) that started on the commencement of the Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2019; and

(b) that ends on 30 June 2022.