WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
BUILDERS REGISTRATION.
No. 97 of 1975.
AN ACT to amend the Builders Registration Act,
1939-1970.
[Assented to 1st December, 1975.]
BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, 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:—
| 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Builders | Short title |
| and citation. |
Registration Act Amendment Act, 1975.
| (2) In this Act the Builders Registration Act, Reprinted | aapproved | reprint |
| 1939-1970 is referred to as the principal Act. | for |
| 30th March, | |
| 1971. | |
| (3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Builders Registration Act, 1939-1975. |
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Commence-
| ment. | 2. | The provisions of this Act shall come into |
operation on such day or days as is or are,
respectively, fixed by proclamation.
Section 4
| amended. | 3. | Subsection (1) of section 4 of the principal |
Act is amended
| (a) | by deleting the words "two hundred dollars" in lines three and four of the penalty provision set out at the end of the subsection and substituting the words "one thousand dollars"; and |
| (b) | by deleting the word "eight" in line seven of the penalty provision set out at the end of the subsection and substituting the word "twelve". |
Section 9A
| amended. | 4. Section 4A of the principal Act is amended |
| (a) | by deleting the word "twenty" in line nine of subsection (la) and substituting the word "thirty". |
| (b) | by repealing subsection (2) and re-enacting it as follows |
(2) A person who for the purposes of obtaining or attempting to obtain a building license from a local authority makes a representation or statement that is false in a material particular in relation to
| (a) | the value of a building to be erected under the building license; |
| (b) | the fee or charge payable in respect of the carrying out of the building work; |
| (c) | any qualifications held under |
this Act; or
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| (d) | any exemption from the provi- sions of this Act, |
commits an offence.
Penalty: Four hundred dollars or
imprisonment for twelve months. ; and
| (c) | by deleting the words "Four hundred dollars" in the last line of subsection (3) and substituting the words "One thousand dollars". |
Section 9A
| 5. Section 9A of the principal Act is amended by deleting the passage commencing with the word "shall" in line ten, and ending with the word "provisions", in the last line, and substituting the passage | amended. |
"and who applies to be registered under the Act shall be entitled to be so registered if and when
| (e) | he pays the prescribed fee for such regis- tration; and |
| (f) | he satisfies the Board that he has had five years' experience in supervising building construction or in assisting in the supervision of building construction". |
Section 10
| 6. Section 10 of the principal Act is amended— | amended. |
(a) as to subsection…