2002

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN 
CAPITAL TERRITORY

CONSTRUCTION PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION ACT 1998
CONSTRUCTION PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION 
AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2002 (No 2)

SUBORDINATE LAW No.  SL2003 - 2

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Circulated by authority of

Simon Corbell MLA
Minister for Planning

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

CONSTRUCTION PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2002 (No 2)

SUBORDINATE LAW No.  SL2003 - 2

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Overview

These are amending Regulations.  They amend the Construction Practitioners Registration Regulations 1998 (the “Principal Regulations”).

Schedule 1 of the Principal Regulations sets out acceptable qualifications for construction practitioners.  For construction practitioners in the categories of principal building surveyor and building surveyor, the Schedule accepts accreditation by the Building Surveyors and Allied Professions Accreditation Board Incorporated.  The great majority of certifiers under the Building Act 1972 hold this qualification.

The Building Surveyors and Allied Professions Accreditation Board was a legally separate accreditation arm of the professional body for building surveyors, the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors. The Building Surveyors and Allied Professions Accreditation Board went into administration in October 2002 and is no longer dealing with new applications or the renewal of accreditation. The parent body, the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors, has advised that it is in a position to take the place of the Building Surveyors and Allied Professions Accreditation Board under the Regulations.  

The amending regulations accordingly replace the references in the Schedule to the Building Surveyors and Allied Professions Accreditation Board with references to the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors.

Details

Name of Regulations
Regulation 1 is a formal regulation that gives the name of the amending regulations.

Commencement
Regulation 2 is a formal regulation that links the commencement of the amending Regulations to their notification on the legislation register.

Regulations amended
Regulation 3 gives the name of the principal regulations.

Schedule 1, items 1 and 2, column 3
Regulation 4 omits from Schedule 1 of the Principal Regulations the two occurrences of the name “Building Surveyors and Allied Professions Accreditation Board Incorporated” and substitutes for them the name “Australian Institute of Building Surveyors”, which is identified by the number issued to it as a public company.

Financial Implications

Nil.