New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HOME BUILDING ACT 1989 - SECT 5

5 Seeking work by or for unlicensed person

(1) An individual, a member of a partnership, an officer of a corporation or a corporation must not represent that the individual, partnership or corporation is prepared to do--

(a) any residential building work, or

(b) any specialist work,

if the individual, partnership or corporation is not the holder of a contractor licence authorising its holder to contract to do that work.

(2) A person must not represent that an individual, partnership or corporation is prepared to do--

(a) any residential building work, or

(b) any specialist work,

if the person knows that the individual, partnership or corporation is not the holder of a contractor licence authorising its holder to contract to do that work.

(3) An individual who is convicted of a second or subsequent offence under this section is liable to a penalty not exceeding 500 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.

: Maximum penalty--1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units in any other case.