Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Accreditation Scheme) Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. )

Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Accreditation Scheme) Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 127

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005.

Dated 23 May 2007

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

JOE HOCKEY

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Accreditation Scheme) Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Accreditation Scheme) Regulations 2005

Schedule 1 amends the Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Accreditation Scheme) Regulations 2005.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 24

omit

For

insert

(1) For

[2] Paragraph 24 (c)

omit

Australia.

insert

Australia;

[3] After paragraph 24 (c)

insert

(d) a contract:

(i) under which each person who agrees with the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority to arrange for building work to be carried out is required to ensure that any person engaged by that person to carry out the building work is an accredited person; and

(ii) that is approved by the Federal Safety Commissioner for this regulation before it is signed on behalf of the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority.

[4] Regulation 24, before the note

insert

(2) For paragraph 30 (h) of the Act, the Federal Safety Commissioner has the function of approving contracts for this regulation.