Regulation 3(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting after the definition of "building certificate" the following definition:

building surveying certificate means a building surveying certificate referred to in regulation 8A;

(b) by inserting after the definition of "practising" the following definition:

private building surveyor means a person who –

(a) is qualified and competent to be appointed as a building surveyor under section 24 of the Act and has not been so appointed by the relevant council; and

(b) does not have any interest in any proposed building work in respect of which he or she proposes to give a building surveying certificate.