Clause 19

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) Where any fire safety works involve the installation of a regulated fire safety product and the qualified person appointed under subsection (1) is not an appropriate qualified person to supervise the installation, every person for whom the fire safety works are or are to be carried out must appoint an appropriate qualified person to supervise the installation of the regulated fire safety product.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (1)” in subsection (2), the words “or (1A)”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (1)” in subsection (5), “, (1A)”; and

by deleting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsections:“(6) Subject to subsection (6B), any qualified person or fire safety engineer who fails to comply with a requirement mentioned in subsection (4)(a) or (b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and (b)in respect of a continuing failure to comply with the requirement mentioned in subsection (4)(a) or (b) (as the case may be), to an additional fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day the qualified person or fire safety engineer fails to comply with the requirement.(6A) Subject to subsection (6B), any qualified person or fire safety engineer who fails to comply with a requirement mentioned in subsection (4)(c) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; and

in respect of a continuing failure to comply with the requirement mentioned in that subsection, to an additional fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day the qualified person or fire safety engineer fails to comply with the requirement.(6B) Where the failure to comply in respect of which the qualified person or fire safety engineer is convicted under subsection (6) or (6A) continues after the conviction, the qualified person or fire safety engineer shall be guilty of a further offence and shall be liable on conviction of the further offence to a fine not exceeding $2,000 for every day or part of a day during which the failure to comply continues after conviction.”.