South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts6—Obligation of building work contractors to be licensed
(1) A person must
not—
(a)
carry on business as a building work contractor except as authorised by a
licence under this Part; or
(b)
advertise or otherwise hold himself or herself out as being entitled to carry
on business as a building work contractor unless authorised to carry on
business as such a contractor by a licence under this Part.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
(2) A person required
by this Act to be licensed as a building work contractor is not entitled to
any fee, other consideration or compensation under or in relation to a
contract with another on whose behalf the person performed work as a
building work contractor unless—
(a) the
person was authorised to perform the work under a licence; or
(b) a
court hearing proceedings for recovery of the fee, other consideration or
compensation is satisfied that the person's failure to be so authorised
resulted from inadvertence only.