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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 03 Hansard (Thursday, 11 March 2004) . . Page.. 1126 ..

MR CORBELL (Minister for Health and Minister for Planning) (6.07): I move amendment 19 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 1182]. This amendment inserts a note into schedule 1 cross-referencing to the considerations the registrar must take into account under regulation 31A before endorsing a builders licence for specialist building work.

MS TUCKER (6.08): I will speak to amendments 19, 20 and 21 of Mr Corbell. These amendments ensure that the registrar can take into account a range of factors when endorsing a plumber’s licence to do specific work, including demonstrated capacity and the history of the applicant. It is important that the registrar and the applicant are aware that the considerations can include current demerit points and previous disciplinary actions on the one hand and specific skills, knowledge and training on the other.

MS DUNDAS (6.08): Amendments 19, 20 and 21 focus on the need to clarify the usage of the building regulator’s discretionary powers and to clarify what those discretionary powers are. These amendments are useful in clarifying what the registrar is doing. We need to make sure that, when we set up this new system, we have those definitions of what the registrar can do with their powers.

MRS DUNNE (6.09): I will speak to amendments 19, 20 and 21 together because they all fit together and, as Ms Dundas says, clarify the powers of the regulator. There are arguments from time to time for not codifying reserve powers, but on this occasion, because of the need and the impact this has on people’s livelihoods, the powers of the regulator should be codified. I endorse the amendment.

Amendment agreed to.

Regulation 30, as amended, agreed to.

Regulation 31.

MR CORBELL (Minister for Health and Minister for Planning) (6.10): I move amendment No 20 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 1182]. This amendment inserts the same note as the amendment to regulation 30 inserts into regulation 31. It relates to the endorsement of the plumbing licence for backflow prevention work.

Amendment agreed to.

Regulation 31, as amended, agreed to.

Proposed new Regulation 31A

MR CORBELL (Minister for Health and Minister for Planning) (6.10): I move amendment No 21 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 1178], which inserts new regulation 31A into schedule 1. This proposed new regulation requires the registrar to consider criteria that it sets out in deciding whether to endorse a person’s licence under regulation 30 or regulation 31, as referred to in the previous two amendments. The considerations include the person’s physical ability and skill necessary to do the work

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