Building Services (Registration) Act 2011 (WA)

Western Australia

Western Australia

Building Services (Registration) Act 2011

An Act to provide for the following —

the registration of certain building service providers;

the approval of owner‑builders;

the repeal of the Builders’ Registration Act 1939, the Painters’ Registration Act 1961 and various regulations;

related matters.

This is the Building Services (Registration) Act 2011.

This Act comes into operation as follows —

• (a)

  sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;

• (b)

  the rest of the Act — on a day fixed by proclamation, and different days may be fixed for different provisions.

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

amend, in relation to registration, includes —

• (a)

  impose a condition; and

• (b)

  vary or revoke a condition already imposed;

Board means the Building Services Board established by section 65;

body means any of the following —

• (a)

  a corporation;

• (b)

  a partnership;

• (c)

  an unincorporated body;

Building Commissioner has the meaning given in the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 3;

building permit means —

• (a)

  a building permit granted under the Building Act 2011; or

• (b)

  a building licence issued under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960 section 374;

building service has the meaning given in the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 3;

building service contractor means a person registered under section 18;

building service practitioner means a person registered under section 17;

Building Services Account means the account referred to in the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 92;

CEO means the chief executive officer of the Department;

class, in relation to a building service practitioner or building service contractor, means a class prescribed as referred to in section 9;

committee means a committee appointed under section 88;

complaint means a complaint made under the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 section 15;

condition includes restriction;

corporation has the meaning given in the Corporations Act section 57A;

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth);

Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;

ineligible person means a person declared to be an ineligible person under section 60;

insolvent has the meaning given in section 63A(1);

jurisdiction means a State or Territory of the Commonwealth;

nominated supervisor has the meaning given in section 21;

officer means —

• (a)

  in the case of a corporation — an officer of a corporation as defined in the Corporations Act section 9; or

• (b)

  in the case of a body that is not a corporation — an officer of an entity that is neither an individual nor a corporation as defined in the Corporations Act section 9;

prescribed building service means a building service that is…