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Registration Applicants
What is the most common cause of registration being refused?
For individual registration, an applicant may be refused on grounds such as insufficient scope of experience, insufficient financial resources, failing the Board’s written assessment, and failure to provide sufficient information to satisfy the Board as to their character.
For a company or partnership the most common refusals are on such grounds as insufficient financial resources or that the supervisory arrangement does not meet the prescribed requirements of the Builders' Registration Act 1939
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How long until I find out the outcome of my application for registration?
Generally it will take 4-8 weeks to process an application for registration prior to presentation to the Board if all the required information is provided. On receiving an application for registration the processing officer will analyse the documentation provided and, if necessary, request additional information and arrange any assessments to be undertaken by the applicant.
The Board usually meets on the last Wednesday of each month. Written notification is sent to applicants within one week of the Board's decision.
Builders
How do I re-instate my suspended registration after failing to pay the annual fee?
You will need to provide a written explanation to the board with the reasons for your failure to pay the annual fee and make the annual fee payment along with a $25 penalty fee.
If the Board is satisfied with your explanation, your suspended registration will be annulled and your registration reinstated.
How do I re-instate my cancelled registration?
If you do not reinstate your suspended registration by 1 February the following year, your registration will be cancelled. On the Board cancelling your registration, it will be necessary for you to re-apply for registration.
Download registration application form
Click here to select and download an application form.
Do I have to advise the Board of a change in my address?
Yes, the Builders' Registration Act 1939 states that:
“If there is a change in the residential or business address of a person registered under this Act, … the person must notify the Board in writing of the new address not later than 14 days after the change occurs. Penalty: $1,000”.
Download Builder Change of Address Notification form
To notify the Board please download and complete the Builder Change of Address Notification form and submit to the Board.
How long do I have, to advise the Board of a change of registered supervisor for my company or partnership?
14 days. It is crucial for building work to be properly managed and supervised at all times and a substantial penalty applies if this requirement is not met.
The Builders' Registration Act 1939 states that:
“When a partner, a director, or a member of a board of management, whose registration has been used by a partnership, company or body corporate to satisfy the Board under subsection (2)(b)(ii) that it may manage and supervise the building work undertaken by the partnership, company or body corporate, ceases to carry out that management and supervisory function:
- the partnership, company or body corporate; and
- the partner, the director, or the member of that Board of management, must notify the Board in writing of the cessation of that management and supervisory function not later than 14 days after it occurs. Penalty: $5,000”