2008 No 464

New South Wales

Commencement Proclamation
under the

Building Professionals Amendment Act 2008 No 37

MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Building Professionals Amendment Act 2008, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 3 November 2008 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence: (a) Schedule 1 [4], [6], [8] (except to the extent that it inserts section 5A (1) (c)), [9], [12], [13], [15], [16], [19], [21], [33], [34], [36], [37], [39], [42], [47] and [48], (b) Schedule 2 [8] (to the extent to which it amends sections 46 and 65), [9] (except to the extent that it inserts the definition of unsatisfactory professional conduct of a building professional in section 19), [12], [15] and [16]. Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 29th day of October 2008. By Her Excellency's Command,

KRISTINA KENEALLY, M.P.,
Minister for Planning GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note
The object of this Proclamation is to commence certain provisions of the Building Professionals Amendment Act 2008 that deal with the following matters: (a) the accreditation of bodies corporate as accredited certifiers and the requirements applying to accredited bodies corporate,
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(b) (c) (d) (e)

the responsibilities of accredited certifier directors of accredited bodies corporate, the responsibilities of accredited certifiers acting on behalf of councils and on behalf of accredited bodies corporate, the procedures for the investigation of the work and activities of a council in its capacity as a certifying authority, enabling the investigation of accredited certifiers carrying out certification work on behalf of an accredited body corporate or a council, and of accredited certifier directors.

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