A ground for the immediate suspension of the registration of a registered building practitioner exists if—
S. 180(a) amended by No. 47/2017 s. 11.
(a) the practitioner is insolvent under administration or is an officer of a body corporate that is subject to external administration within the meaning of section 5- 5 of Schedule 2 to the Corporations Act; or
(b) the practitioner has contravened —
(i) a prescribed provision of this Act or the regulations; or
S. 180(b)(ia) inserted by No. 4/2024 s. 10.
(ia) section 43B(1) or (2) of the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 ; or
(ii) a prescribed provision of the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 or the regulations under that Act; or
(iii) a prescribed Act or law or a prescribed provision of a prescribed Act or law; or
(c) the practitioner has been convicted of an indictable offence involving fraud, dishonesty, drug trafficking or violence; or
(d) the practitioner has ceased to be covered by the required insurance; or
S. 180(e) substituted by No. 21/2017 s. 10.
(e) the practitioner is a body corporate and the practitioner has no nominee director; or
S. 180(f) inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 10.
(f) the practitioner is an excluded person; or
S. 180(g) inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 10.
(g) the practitioner has failed to comply with a condition of the practitioner's registration.
New s. 180A inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 25.