Building Services (Registration) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2013 (WA)

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CM301*

Building Services (Registration) Act 2011

Building Services (Registration) Amendment

Regulations (No. 4) 2013

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Building Services (Registration)
Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2013.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these

regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Building Services (Registration)
Regulations 2011.

4.             Regulation 7 replaced

Delete regulation 7 and insert:

7.             Registration and renewal of registration

(1)	An application for registration under section 13(1) or
(2) must —

(a) if the application is for registration in the class

of building surveying practitioner technician —

state that the registration is sought for a period of 18 months; or
(b)	otherwise — state that the registration is sought

for a period of 3 years.

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(2)	An application for renewal of registration under
section 13(1) or (2) must —

(a) if the application is for renewal of registration in the class of building surveying practitioner

technician — state that the renewal is sought

for a period of 18 months; or

(b) otherwise — state whether the renewal is

sought for a period of 18 months or 3 years.

(3)	If under section 17(1) or 18(1) the Board registers, or renews the registration of, an applicant, the registration certificate given to the applicant under section 20(1)
must —

(a) in the case of an application seeking registration or renewal for a period of

18 months, specify an expiry day that is —

(i)      no earlier than the last day of the period of 13 months beginning on the day on which the registration commences or is renewed; and

(ii)      no later than the last day of the period of 18 months beginning on the day on which the registration commences or is renewed;

or

(b) in the case of an application seeking registration or renewal for a period of 3 years,

specify an expiry day that is —

(i)      no earlier than the last day of the period of 31 months beginning on the day on which the registration commences or is renewed; and

(ii)      no later than the last day of the period of 3 years beginning on the day on which the registration commences or is renewed.

(4)	The Building Commissioner must refund a portion, calculated on a pro rata basis, of the registration fee that accompanied an application for registration or
renewal in accordance with section 13(3)(c)(ii) if —

(a) in the case of an application seeking registration or renewal for a period of

18 months — the registration certificate issued

to the applicant specifies an expiry day that is earlier than the last day of the period of 18 months beginning on the day on which the registration commences or is renewed; or
(b)	in the case of an application seeking registration or renewal for a period of

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3 years — the registration certificate issued to

the applicant specifies an expiry day that is
earlier than the last day of the period of 3 years
beginning on the day on which the registration

commences or is renewed.

(5)	For the purposes of section 15(1), the period commencing 8 weeks before the registration of a
person is due to expire and ending when the person’s
registration expires is the renewal period for the
application for the renewal of the person’s registration.

5.             Schedule 1 amended

(1) Delete Schedule 1 Division 2 and insert:

Division 2 — Builders

Item	Description of fee	Fee ($)
1.	Application for registration as building
practitioner	193.00
2.	Application for registration as building contractor
(individual)	125.00
3.	Application for registration as building contractor
(partnership)	250.00
4.	Application for registration as building contractor
(company)	319.00
5.	Registration fee for building practitioner
(18 months)	280.00
6.	Registration fee for building practitioner (3 years)	560.00
7.	Registration fee for building contractor
(individual) (18 months)	183.00
8.	Registration fee for building contractor
(individual) (3 years)	366.00
9.	Registration fee for building contractor
(partnership) (18 months)	628.50
10.	Registration fee for building contractor
(partnership) (3 years)	1 257.00
11.	Registration fee for building contractor (company)
(18 months)	1 431.00
12.	Registration fee for building contractor (company)
(3 years)	2 862.00
13.	Late fee for application for renewal made after the

renewal period 52.00

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Item	Description of fee	Fee ($)
14.	Fee for sitting an examination — metropolitan
area	125.00
15.	Fee for marking an examination sat outside
metropolitan area	46.90

(2) Delete Schedule 1 Divisions 4A and 4 and insert:

Division 4A — Building surveyors

Item	Description of fee	Fee ($)
1.	Application for registration as building surveying
practitioner level 1 or level 2	102.00
2.	Application for registration as building surveying
practitioner technician	51.00
3.	Application for registration as building surveying
contractor level 1 or level 2 (individual)	66.30
4.	Application for registration as building surveying
contractor level 1 or level 2 (partnership)	66.30
5.	Application for registration as building surveying
contractor level 1 or level 2 (company)	66.30
6.	Registration fee for building surveying
practitioner technician (18 months)	225.00
7.	Registration fee for building surveying
practitioner level 1 or level 2 (18 months)	423.00
8.	Registration fee for building surveying
practitioner level 1 or level 2 (3 years)	846.00
9.	Registration fee for building surveying contractor
level 1 or level 2 (individual) (18 months)	295.50
10.	Registration fee for building surveying contractor
level 1 or level 2 (individual) (3 years)	591.00
11.	Registration fee for building surveying contractor
level 1 or level 2 (partnership) (18 months)	739.50
12.	Registration fee for building surveying contractor
level 1 or level 2 (partnership) (3 years)	1 479.00
13.	Registration fee for building surveying contractor
level 1 or level 2 (company) (18 months)	963.50
14.	Registration fee for building surveying contractor
level 1 or level 2 (company) (3 years)	1 927.00
15.	Late fee for application for renewal made after the

renewal period 51.00

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Division 4 — Painters

Item	Description of fee	Fee ($)
1.	Application for registration as painting
practitioner	78.50
2.	Application for registration as painting contractor
(individual)	52.00
3.	Application for registration as painting contractor
(partnership)	98.90
4.	Application for registration as painting contractor
(company)	130.00
5.	Registration fee for painting practitioner
(18 months)	207.00
6.	Registration fee for painting practitioner (3 years)	414.00
7.	Registration fee for painting contractor
(individual) (18 months)	138.50
8.	Registration fee for painting contractor
(individual) (3 years)	277.00
9.	Registration fee for painting contractor
(partnership) (18 months)	214.50
10.	Registration fee for painting contractor
(partnership) (3 years)	429.00
11.	Registration fee for painting contractor (company)
(18 months)	524.00
12.	Registration fee for painting contractor (company)
(3 years)	1 048.00
13.	Late fee for application for renewal made after the

renewal period 26.00

14.              Fee for sitting an examination — metropolitan

area 67.30

15.              Fee for marking an examination sat outside

metropolitan area 46.90

Note:	The heading to regulation 10 is to read:
Refund of fees for certain cancelled or suspended registrations

G. MOORE, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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