Australian Capital Territory
Construction Occupations (Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2004-44

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulations under the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004.
Dated 8 September 2004.
Simon Corbell
Minister
Katy Gallagher
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Construction Occupations (Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2004-44
made under the
Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004

    

Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulations	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Legislation amended	1
	4	Regulation 28 (2)	1
	5	New regulations 52 to 55	2
	6	Schedule 1, part 1.1, items 2 and 3	3
	7	Schedule 1, part 1.4, item 9, column 3, new paragraph (e)	4
	8	Schedule 1, part 1.6, item 2	4
	9	Schedule 1, part 1.6, new items 4 and 5	5
	10	Dictionary, definition of fire sprinkler work	5

1	Name of regulations
These regulations are the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 1).
2	Commencement
These regulations commence on the day after their notification day.
Note 	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Legislation amended
These regulations amend the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Regulations 2004.
4	Regulation 28 (2)
substitute
	(2)	The licensee may only provide a construction service in that occupation class as an employee of a licensee who—
	(a)	is licensed as—
	(i)	a principal building surveyor; or
	(ii)	a general building surveyor; and
	(b)	holds insurance of a kind mentioned in regulation 17 in relation to the employee.
5	New regulations 52 to 55
insert
52	Modification of Act, pt 7, s 83—Act, s 152
The Act, section 83 is modified by inserting the following subsections:
	(3)	This section does not apply to advertisements prepared or published before 1 September 2004.
	(4)	The Legislation Act, section 88 (Repeal does not end effect of transitional laws etc) does not apply to subsection (3).
	(5)	Subsections (3) and (4) and this subsection expire 6 months after the day this subsection commences.
53	Modification of Act, pt 13, s 137 (2)—Act, s 152
The Act, section 137 (2) is modified by substituting the following subsection:
	(2)	The person is taken to hold a plumbers licence in the occupation class fire sprinkler fitter.
54	Modification of Act, pt 13—Act, s 152
The Act is modified by inserting the following sections:
151	Supervision by nominees—Act, s 28 (3) (b)
	(1)	A reference in the Act, section 28 (3) (b) to a nominee being responsible for the supervision of different construction services (whether in a different construction occupation or occupation class or otherwise) provided by a corporation or partnership is, for a construction service provided by the corporation or partnership after 9 September 2004 but before 9 September 2005, taken to be a reference to the nominee being responsible for the supervision of stated construction services provided by the corporation or partnership.
	(2)	This section expires on 9 September 2005.
151A	Water and Sewerage Act, s 49 (5)
A reference in the Water and Sewerage Act 2000, section 49 (5) to an Australian Standard includes a reference to an Australian/New Zealand Standard.
55	Modification of Act, dictionary, definition of AS 3500—Act, s 152
The Act, dictionary, is modified by substituting the following definition:
AS 3500 means the following standards, as in force from time to time:
	(a)	AS 3500.1.1;
	(b)	AS 3500.2.1;
	(c)	AS/NZS 3500.
6	Schedule 1, part 1.1, items 2 and 3
substitute
2	class B	(a)	building work (other than specialist building work) in relation to a building that is 3 storeys or lower; and
(b)	basic building work
	
3	class C	(a)	building work (other than specialist building work) in relation to a building that is 2 storeys or lower and is a class 1, class 2 or class 10a building; and
(b)	building work (other than specialist building work) in relation to a building that is a class 10b structure (other than a swimming pool or swimming pool fence) and is ancillary to a building mentioned in paragraph (a); and
(c)	basic building work
	
7	Schedule 1, part 1.4, item 9, column 3, new paragraph (e)
insert
			(e)	restricted—electrotechnology systems type B gas appliances	
8	Schedule 1, part 1.6, item 2
substitute
2	water supply plumber	water supply plumbing work including fire sprinkler work for class 1 and 2 buildings in relation to pipework of 25mm diameter or less	
9	Schedule 1, part 1.6, new items 4 and 5
insert
4	fire sprinkler fitter	fire sprinkler work and work on a fire hydrant or fire hose connection point
	
5	journeyperson fire sprinkler fitter	fire sprinkler work, and work on a fire hydrant or fire hose connection point, under supervision of licensee with fire sprinkler fitter licence	
10	Dictionary, definition of fire sprinkler work
substitute
fire sprinkler work—see the Water and Sewerage Act 2000, dictionary.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 8 September 2004.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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