Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 170(1) substituted by No. 40/2021 s. 19(1).
(1) An application for registration as a building practitioner, including as a registered builder subcontractor or a provisionally registered builder subcontractor, may be made by—
(a) a natural person; or
(b) a body corporate.
S. 170(2) inserted by No. 46/2018 s. 13(2), substituted by No. 40/2021 s. 19(2).
(2) An application for registration as a builder subcontractor or for provisional registration—
(a) may only be made in respect of a class of builder that authorises the carrying out of a type of building work prescribed for the purposes of section 169EA; and
(b) in the case of provisional registration, must be made—
(i) within 12 months after that type of building work is prescribed; or
(ii) if the Authority considers that exceptional circumstances apply in respect of the application, within any longer period determined by the Authority, which must not in total exceed 24 months after that type of building work is prescribed.
S. 170(3) inserted by No. 40/2021 s. 19(2).
(3) The Authority must refuse an application for provisional registration—
(a) that is not made within the period of time allowed under subsection (2); or
(b) in a class of builder, if the person has previously been granted a provisional registration in that class of builder.
S. 170A substituted by No. 21/2017 s. 7.