Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022

PART 5

Registration and practice

Prohibition against providing works unless registered

33. (1) A person shall not, unless the person is at that time a registered person—

(a) engage as a provider of building works,

(b) hold himself or herself or itself out as, or available as, a provider of building works, or

(c) represent himself or herself or itself as, or available as a provider of building works by—

(i) advertisement,

(ii) displaying any card or other object purporting to indicate that he, she or it is entered in the register, or

(iii) utilising the name, logo or other identifying particulars of the registration body in any manner.

(2) A registered person shall not in relation to a category of works for which a division of the register has been prescribed under section 27 (1)—

(a) engage as a provider of building works in respect of the category unless the name of the registered person is entered in that division,

(b) hold himself or herself or itself as, or available as a provider of building works in respect of the category unless the name of the registered person is entered in that division, or

(c) represent himself or herself or itself as, or available as a provider of building works in respect of the category unless the name of the registered person is entered in that division by—

(i) advertisement, or

(ii) displaying any card or other object purporting to indicate that he or she or it is entered in that division.

(3) A person who fails to comply with this section shall be guilty of an offence.