Licensed Building Practitioners Rules 2007

These are the Licensed Building Practitioners Rules 2007, made by Hon Clayton Cosgrove MP, Minister for Building and Construction. The Rules came into force on 1 November 2007.

The Rules were amended by the Licensed Building Practitioners Amendment Rules 2008, made by Hon Shane Jones MP, Minister for Building and Construction. The Amendment Rules amend Schedule 1 of the Licensed Building Practitioners Rules 2007. The Amendment Rules come into force on 1 November 2008. The Rules set out the standards of competence that building practitioners must meet in order to be licensed, and detail the procedures for assessing competence and issuing licensing. The Schedule to the Rules describes the competencies for the Design, Site, Carpentry, Roofing, External Plastering, and Bricklaying and Blocklaying licensing classes. The Rules also detail procedures for managing the suspension and cancellation of licensing.

The Rules are set out as follows:

The initial section details the title, commencement date (1 November 2007), and interpretation of specific words used in the Rules.

Part 1 describes the minimum standard of competence required for each licence class by reference to the competencies set out in the Schedule to the Rules. Part 1 also details the licensing application and assessment process and sets out the information that must be provided with an application.

Part 2 details the process of annual contact by the Registrar. Annual contact allows the Registrar to confirm that practitioners wish to continue to be licensed, to update the Register of Licensed Building Practitioners, and to collect levies and fees.

Part 3 establishes processes for the ongoing assessment of practitioners current competence,
including describing the minimum standard for continued licensing, and providing for skills maintenance programmes.

Part 4 details procedures for the suspension and cancellation of licences.

Part 5 details requirements relating to licence identification cards.

Part 6 covers miscellaneous matters, including notice requirements.  

Schedule 1 sets out the competencies that make up the minimum standard for each licensing class, and the performance indicators that the Registrar will have regard to when determining whether a competency has been met. These currently cover the

• Design 1
• Design 2
• Design 3
• Site 1
• Site 2
• Site 3
• Carpentry
• Roofing
• External Plastering, and
• Bricklaying and Blocklaying

licensing classes. Competencies for other trade and specialist licensing classes may be added in due course.