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Licensed Building Practitioners Rules 2007

Date: July 2007

These are the Licensed Building Practitioners Rules 2007, made by Hon Clayton Cosgrove MP, Minister for Building and Construction. The Rules come into force on 1 November 2007.

The Rules set out the standards of competence that building practitioners must meet in order to be licensed, and detail the procedures for assessing competence and issuing licences. The Schedule to the Rules describes the competencies for the Design, Site and Carpentry licence classes. The Rules also detail procedures for managing the suspension and cancellation of licences.

The Rules are set out as follows.

  • The initial section details the title, commencement date (1 November 2007), and interpretation of specific words used in the Rules.
  • Part 1 describes the minimum standard of competence required for each licence class by reference to the competencies set out in the Schedule to the Rules. Part 1 also details the licensing application and assessment process and sets out the information that must be provided with an application.
  • Part 2 details the process of annual contact by the Registrar. Annual contact allows the Registrar to confirm that practitioners wish to continue to be licensed, to update the Register of Licensed Building Practitioners, and to collect levies and fees.
  • Part 3 establishes processes for the ongoing assessment of practitioners current competence, including describing the minimum standard for continued licensing, and providing for skills maintenance programmes.
  • Part 4 details procedures for the suspension and cancellation of licences.
  • Part 5 details requirements relating to licence identification cards.
  • Part 6 covers miscellaneous matters, including notice requirements.
  • Schedule 1 sets out the competencies that make up the minimum standard for each licence class, and the performance indicators that the Registrar will have regard to when determining whether a competency has been met. These currently cover the Design, Site and Carpentry licence classes. Competencies for other trade and specialist licences will be finalised prior to licensing beginning in these classes in 2008.