Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022

Provider of building works

3. (1) For the purposes of this Act, any of the following persons is a provider of building works:

(a) a person who engages in or holds himself, herself or itself out as, for consideration, providing or being prepared to provide works;

(b) a person who engages in or holds himself, herself or itself out as, for consideration, providing or being prepared to provide works pursuant to a contract for services;

(c) a person who engages in or holds himself, herself or itself out as, for consideration, building and disposing of an interest in new buildings by sale, lease or rent;

(d) a person who is connected, within the meaning of section 10 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 , with the person referred to in paragraph (c) as part of any arrangement in connection with the building and disposal.

(2) In this Act, a person who only provides works as an employee of a provider of building works is not a provider of building works.