Queensland Consolidated Regulations

QUEENSLAND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION REGULATION 2018 - REG 85

85 Additional qualifications for particular new licence classes—Act, ss 31, 32, 32AB

(1) This section applies if—

(a) immediately before the commencement, a person held a licence of a former class that is taken, under section 82(2), to be a licence of a new class; and

(b) the person continues to hold the licence of the new class from the commencement.

(2) Also, this section applies if—

(a) before the commencement, a person applied for, or for the renewal of, or requested the restoration of, a licence of a former class; and

(b) under section 83(2), (3) or (4), the licence is granted, renewed or restored as a licence of a new class.

(3) For section 31 (1) (b) , 32 (1) (a) or 32AB (1) (a) of the Act , the person must have the technical qualification mentioned opposite the former class in schedule 7B, part 2, column 3, or an equivalent qualification, no later than the required qualification day.

(4) The requirement for the person to have the technical qualification under subsection (3) is subject to any condition mentioned opposite the former class in schedule 7B, part 2, column 3.

(5) To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (3) does not limit a requirement for the person to have another qualification under section 12, 13 or 15 for the licence of the new class.

(6) In this section—

"equivalent qualification" , of a technical qualification mentioned in schedule 7B, part 2, column 3, means—

(a) a qualification that replaces or supersedes the technical qualification; or

(b) another qualification the commission is satisfied is at least equivalent to the technical qualification.

"former class" means a class of licence mentioned in schedule 7B, part 2, column 1.

"new class" , in relation to a former class, means the class of licence mentioned opposite the former class in schedule 7B, part 2, column 2.

"required qualification day" means the day mentioned opposite the former class in schedule 7B, part 2, column 3.