Building Control Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Control of Building Works
18. Register of accredited checkers etc.
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Authority shall keep and maintain the following registers —
Authority
“Authority”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act or regulations made thereunder, means any Authority appointed under section 3(1) to be responsible for the administration of this Act or that Part or provision or regulations made thereunder, as the case may be;
a register of accredited checkers registered under section 20(2); and
a register of accredited checking organisations registered under section 20(2), in which shall be entered the names and prescribed particulars of the persons and organisations so registered.
The absence of the name of any person or organisation from the registers kept under subsection (1) shall be prima facie evidence that —
in the case of the register of accredited checkers, the person is not so registered or his registration has been suspended or cancelled;
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in the case of the register of accredited checking organisations, the organisation is not so registered or its registration has been suspended or cancelled.
The registers referred to in subsection (1) shall be kept and maintained at the office of the Authority and shall be available for inspection by any person without charge during office hours.
Terms defined in this Act
Authority
Defined · s 2“Authority”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act or regulations made thereunder, means any Authority appointed under section 3(1) to be responsible for the administration of this Act or that Part or provision or regulations made thereunder, as the case may be;
building
Defined · s 2“building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes — (a) a hut, shed or roofed enclosure; (b) a kiosk or stall, movable or otherwise; (c) an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary; (d) a dock, wharf or jetty; (e) a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a flotation system that — (i) is or is to be supported by water; (ii) is not intended for or useable in navigation; and (iii) is or is to be permanently moored; (f) a culvert, crossing, access road, bridge, underpass or tunnel; (g) a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non-proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product; and (h) such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare to be a building;
prescribed
Defined · s 42“prescribed” means prescribed in any regulations made under section 52.
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