Building Control Act 1989 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5A · Licensing of Builders
29I. Other conditions of builder’s licence
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It is a condition of every Class 2 builder’s licence that the licensee holding such a licence must not enter into any contract or engagement to carry out general building works for an estimated final price which exceeds the amount specified under section 29C(1)(b).
builder
“builder” means any person who undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out any building works for the person’s own account or for or on behalf of another person but does not include a sub-contractor in relation to those building works;
A licensed general builder or licensed specialist builder who is a sole proprietor must ensure that —
licensed general builder
“licensed general builder” means a person to whom a general builder’s licence is granted but excludes the person when the general builder’s licence is not in force;
the execution and performance of any general building works or specialist building works that the licensed general builder or licensed specialist builder is carrying out is personally supervised by —
an individual mentioned in section 29F(1)(d) or 29G(1)(d), as the case may be; or
an individual mentioned in section 29F(1A)(c) or 29G(1A)(c), as the case may be; and
the name of the licensed general builder or licensed specialist builder (as the case may be) appears in any sign affixed or erected at the site where the general building works or specialist building works are carried out.
A licensed general builder or licensed specialist builder which is a partnership or a corporation must ensure that the execution and performance of the general building works or specialist building works that licensed general builder or licensed specialist builder is carrying out is personally supervised by —
licensed specialist builder
“licensed specialist builder”, for any specialist building works, means a person to whom a specialist builder’s licence is granted in respect of those specialist building works but excludes the person when that specialist builder’s licence is not in force;
an individual mentioned in section 29F(2)(d) or 29G(2)(d), as the case may be; or
an individual mentioned in section 29F(3)(g) or 29G(3)(g), as the case may be.
It is a condition of every general builder’s licence that the management of the business of the licensed general builder holding that licence, insofar as the business relates to general building works, must at all times be under the charge and direction of an individual mentioned in —
general building works
“general building works” means any building works other than specialist building works;
section 29F(1A)(b), if the licensed general builder is a sole proprietor; (b)section 29F(2)(c), if the licensed general builder is a partnership; or
section 29F(3)(f), if the licensed general builder is a corporation.
It is a condition of every specialist builder’s licence for a type of specialist building works that the management of the business of the licensed specialist builder holding that licence, insofar as it relates to that type of specialist building works, must at all times be under the charge and direction of an individual mentioned in —
specialist building works
“specialist building works” means any of the following types of building works:(a)piling works consisting of the installation and testing of any of the following:(i)pre-cast reinforced concrete or pre-stressed concrete piles;(ii)steel piles;(iii)bored cast-in-place reinforced concrete piles;(iv)caissons;(v)special pile types like micro-piles, barrettes piles and composite piles;(vi)embedded retaining wall piles like diaphragm walls, contiguous bored piles and secant piles;(b)ground support and stabilisation works, including installation and testing of ground anchors, soil nails, rock bolts, ground treatment like chemical grouting and jet-grouting, reinforced-earth, shotcreting and tunnel supports;(c)instrumentation and monitoring works comprising the installation and monitoring of instruments measuring forces, deformation, displacements, tilt, convergence, pore and earth pressures or ground-water levels;(d)structural steelwork consisting of any of the following:(i)fabrication of structural steel elements;(ii)site erection of structural steel elements involving the cutting, welding or tightening of high-friction grip bolts;(iii)installation or removal of steel supports for geotechnical building works;(e)pre-cast concrete work comprising fabrication of pre-cast structural elements;(f)in-situ post-tensioning work consisting of any of the following:(i)setting out of tendon profiles;(ii)laying of conduits, anchorages or bursting reinforcement;(iii)pulling or stressing of strands or bars;(iv)pressure grouting of conduits;(g)such other building works as the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare;
section 29G(1A)(b), if the licensed specialist builder is a sole proprietor; (b)section 29G(2)(c), if the licensed specialist builder is a partnership; or
section 29G(3)(f), if the licensed specialist builder is a corporation.
Without limiting subsections (1) to (5), the Commissioner of Building Control may grant a licence subject to such other conditions as the Commissioner of Building Control thinks fit and may at any time vary any existing conditions (other than those specified in subsections (1) to (5)) of such a licence or impose additional conditions thereto.
Commissioner of Building Control
“Commissioner of Building Control”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act, means any Commissioner of Building Control appointed under section 3(1) to be responsible for the operation of this Act or that Part or provision, as the case may be;
Before making any modification to the conditions of a licence under this section, the Commissioner of Building Control must give notice to the licensee concerned —
licensee
“licensee” means a licensed general builder or a licensed specialist builder;
stating that he or she proposes to make the modification in the manner specified in the notice; and
specifying the time (being not less than 14 days from the date of service of notice on the licensee concerned) within which written representations with respect to the proposed modification may be made.
Upon receipt of any written representation mentioned in subsection (7)(b), the Commissioner of Building Control must consider the representation and may reject the representation or amend the proposed modification in accordance with the representation, or otherwise and, in either event, must thereupon issue a written direction to the licensee concerned requiring that effect be given to the proposed modification specified in the notice or to any modification as subsequently amended by the Commissioner of Building Control within a reasonable time.