s 13 Unlawful undertaking work as accredited checker, etc.
13.—(1) Any person who —(a) undertakes work which is required by this Act or the building regulations to be performed by an accredited checker when the person is not an accredited checker under this Division or when the person’s registration as such is suspended; or (b) undertakes work which is required by this Act or the building regulations to be performed by a specialist accredited checker when the person is not a specialist accredited checker under this Division or when the person’s registration as such is suspended, shall be guilty of an offence. [47/2007] (2) Any person who undertakes any work on behalf of an organisation, being work which is required by this Act or the building regulations to be undertaken by an accredited checker who is either a director, partner, member or an employee of an accredited checking organisation when —(a) it is not registered as an accredited checking organisation under this Division; or (b) its registration as such is suspended, shall be guilty of an offence. [47/2007] (3) If —(a) an accredited checker undertakes work on the accredited checker’s own behalf as an accredited checker in relation to building works the value of which is more than —(i) $10 million, if no other sum is prescribed under paragraph (b); or (ii) any other sum that the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify; or (b) a specialist accredited checker undertakes work on the specialist accredited checker’s own behalf as a specialist accredited checker in relation to building works the value of which is more than the sum specified by the Minister by notification in the Gazette, the accredited checker or specialist accredited checker (as the case may be) shall be guilty of an offence. [47/2007] (4) If an organisation which is not registered as an accredited checking organisation under this Division advertises or holds itself out or describes itself in any way to be an accredited checking organisation, that organisation shall be guilty of an offence.[47/2007]