Occupational Licensing Act 2005 (TAS)

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Occupational Licensing Act 2005

An Act to ensure that contractors, practitioners and other persons engaged in certain occupations, trades or callings are appropriately qualified, licensed and regulated to perform their work safely and in accordance with established benchmarks, to promote safety, to provide for the investigation of incidents in those activities, to amend the Building Act 2000 and the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997 and to repeal the Plumbers and Gas-fitters Registration Act 1951

[Royal Assent 24 November 2005]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Occupational Licensing Act 2005. 2CommencementThe provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be proclaimed. 3Interpretation (1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – Administrator means the person appointed by the Minister as the Administrator of Occupational Licensing under section 10; approved means approved by the Administrator; approved authority means a local authority, statutory authority or any body or organisation, whether incorporated or not, that is approved by the Administrator for the purposes of this Act in respect of an occupation, trade or calling to which this Act applies; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 59 of 2008, s. 4, Applied:19 Jan 2009] [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 59 of 2008, s. 4, Applied:19 Jan 2009] authorised officer means – (a) the Administrator; or (b) a person who is appointed under section 16 as an authorised officer; Board means the Occupational Licensing Advisory Board established under section 14; body corporate includes a corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Act; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2016, s. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2017] [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2022, s. 40, Applied:14 Dec 2022] [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2022, s. 40, Applied:14 Dec 2022] building services licence means – (a) a licence issued and in force in accordance with Division 3A of Part 4; or (b) a licence held by a person by virtue of holding deemed registration; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2016, s. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2017] building services provider means a person who is the holder of a building services licence; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2016, s. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2017] building services work means any prescribed work that is – (a) prescribed in the regulations as building services work; and (b) not excluded from the application of this Act by the regulations; code of practice means a code of practice established under section 53; continuing professional development has a meaning given by section 4; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2022, s. 40, Applied:14 Dec 2022] contractor means the holder of a contractor’s licence, or a person who…

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