Builders' Registration Act Amendment Act 1959 (WA)

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BUILDERS' REGISTRATION_

8° Elizabeth II., No. LXI.

No. 61 of 1959.

AN ACT to amend the Builders' Registration

Act, 1939-1956.

[Assented to 10th December, 1959.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Builders'

Registration Act Amendment Act, 1959.

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Reprinted	(2) In this Act the Builders' Registration Act,
Acts,

approved for	1939-1956, is referred to as the principal Act.
reprint 17th
February,
1953, further

amended by	(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act
Acts No. 44 of

1953 and 63 of	may be cited as the Builders' Registration Act,
1956.	1939-1959.

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2.    This Act shall come into operation on a day ,Terence

-to be fixed by proclamation.

3.    Subsection (2) of section four of the principal amended.

Act is amended by deleting subparagraphs (i) and

(ii) of paragraph (a).

S. 5

4. Paragraph (c) of section five of the principal amended.

Act is amended by substituting for the passage, "the Principal Architect (Government)" in line four, the words, "an architect appointed by the Governor."

S. 6

5. Subsection (4) of section six of the principal amended.

Act is amended

(a)	by substituting for the words, "three pounds three shillings" in line four the words, "four pounds four shillings"; and
(b)	by substituting for the words, "thirty-seven pounds sixteen shillings" in the last line, the words, "fifty pounds eight shillings."

6. The principal Act is amended by adding after S. 9A added.

section nine a section as follows

Registration

9A. A person who is or architects and engineers without

(a) a member of The Royal Australian necessity or completing

Institute of Architects (West Australian course or	passing
Chapter);	tions.
examina-

(b)	registered under the Architects Act, 1921;
(c)	a member of The Institution of Engineers, Australia (Perth Division); or
(d)	a member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy;

shall, on application being made by him and on payment of the prescribed fee, be registered in

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accordance with the application under either the provisions of section ten or section ten A of this Act, without the necessity of completing the prescribed course of training and passing the prescribed examination referred to in those provisions.

S. 10A

amended. 7. Section ten A of the principal Act is amended

(a)	by substituting for the word, "five" in line thirteen of paragraph (a) of subsection (3), the word, "ten"; and
(b)	by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (5).

Ss. 10B. 100

and 10D 8. The principal Act is amended by adding after

added.	section ten A the following sections-
Building

work by	10B. Where any building work is carried out
partnership

that is	by a partnership that is exempt from obtaining
exempt from
registration
to be under	registration under this Act, the partners therein
management
and super-	shall cause
vision of

registered	(a)	the building work to be managed and
builder.
supervised by one of the partners who
is registered under this Act; and
(b)	the name, registered number and class of registration of that partner and a statement that he is managing and supervising the work to appear-

(i)  in all advertisements, if any, published by or on behalf of the partnership in respect of the building work; and

(ii)    in any sign affixed or erected on the building work pursuant to subsection (4) of section ten of this Act or otherwise.

Penalty: One hundred pounds.

Details of

person	10C. Where any building work is carried out
supervising

and	by a company or body corporate that is exempt
managing
building work	from obtaining registration under this Act, if
constructed
by company	the building work is managed and supervised
to be sup
in advertise-	by a person who is registered under this Act,
ments and
signs on	the company or body corporate shall cause the
building Bite.

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name, registered number and class of registra- tion of that person and a statement that he is managing and supervising the work to appear

(a)	in all advertisements, if any, published by or on behalf of the company or body corporate in respect of the building work; and
(b)	in any sign affixed or erected on the building work pursuant to subsection (4) of section ten of this Act or otherwise.

Penalty: One hundred pounds.

10D. The penalties imposed by the provisions ila 1iingt atiOd

of sections ten B and ten C of this Act are in 1:,12g1Lr addition to and not in derogation of any penalty, grtir ft. suspension or cancellation of registration

imposed by any other provisions of this Act.

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9. Subsection (3) of section twenty-two of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words, "three pounds three shillings" in lines three and four, the words, "five pounds five shillings." amended.