Queensland Consolidated Regulations

QUEENSLAND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION REGULATION 2018 - REG 56

56 Prescribed persons and ways to examine building products or samples—Act, s 106O

(1) For section 106O (4) of the Act , the prescribed classes of person for examining a building product or sample are—

(a) if an Australian Standard states a way to examine the building product or sample—

(i) persons accredited by NATA to examine the building product or sample; and

(ii) persons accredited by another entity to examine the building product or sample, if the accreditation is recognised by NATA under a written agreement between NATA and the entity; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—persons the commissioner is satisfied are appropriately qualified to examine the building product or sample in the way mentioned in subsection (2) (b) .

(2) For section 106O (4) of the Act , the prescribed way to examine a building product or sample is—

(a) if an Australian Standard states a way to examine the building product or sample—the stated way; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—a way the commissioner is satisfied is appropriate for examining the building product or sample for the purposes of part 6AA of the Act .

(3) The commissioner must keep a record of persons mentioned in subsection (1) (b) .

(4) In this section—

"NATA" means the National Association of Testing Authorities Australia ABN 59 004 379 748.