General
1 Title
These rules are the Licensed Building Practitioners Rules 2007.
2 Commencement
These rules come into force on 1 November 2007.
3 Interpretation
(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, –
- Act means the Building Act 2004
- area of practice means a category of building work of the type set out in Schedule 2
- area of practice information means information about every area of practice in respect of which a licensed building practitioner has demonstrated that he or she has met the minimum standards of competence for that licensing class
- assessment means an assessment of whether or not an applicant meets –
- the minimum standard for licensing
- the minimum standard for demonstrating current competence
- assessment date for current competence means the date fixed for assessment of current competence in accordance with rule 21
- assessor means an assessor appointed under rule 10
- class or classes of licence for an application to be licensed, or licensing, means an application to be licensed, or licensing, in a licensing class
- current competence has the meaning given to it under rule 19(1)
- late charge means the late charge referred to under rule 14 and prescribed by regulations made under the Act
- licensing class means a licensing class designated by the Building (Designation of Building Work Licensing Classes) Order 2010
- minimum standard of competence means the minimum standard set out in rule 4
- minimum standard for demonstrating current competence means the minimum standard set out in rule 19(2)
- person means a natural person
- prescribed fee or fees means the applicable fee(s) and charge(s) (including the part of those fees for which a refund applies) prescribed by regulations made under the Act.
- prescribed levy means the applicable annual levy for each class of licence prescribe by regulations made under the Act
- recognised qualification in relation to a licensing class, means a qualification of a kind listed in Schedule 2 as a recognised qualification for licensing in that licensing class.
(2) Terms or expressions used and not defined in these rules but defined in the Act have the same meanings as they have in the Act.