Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if the building contractor under a regulated contract receives a contract related document for the contract.
(2) If the contract related document is a certificate of inspection, the building contractor must give a copy of the document to the building owner as soon as practicable after receiving the document.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(3) If the contract related document is a document other than a certificate of inspection, the building contractor must give a copy of the document to the building owner as soon as practicable after the completion of the subject work.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(4) Subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to a building contractor if the building contractor reasonably believes the building owner already has a copy of the contract related document.
(5) In this section—
certificate of inspection, for a regulated contract, means a certificate that—
(a) is issued under an Act following an inspection of the subject work, or a part of the subject work; and
(b) contains a certification to the effect that the subject work, or a stated stage of the subject work, has been satisfactorily completed.
contract related document, for a regulated contract, means—
(a) a certificate of inspection; or
(b) a report, notice, order or other document about the subject work given or issued by a supplier of services, including, for example, electricity, gas, telephone, water or sewerage.