3.2.5.1. General

(1)

Except as provided in Sentence (3), a person who carries out design activities but is not required under Sentence 3.2.4.1.(1) to be registered with the director under Sentence 3.2.4.2.(1) must have the following qualification:

(a)

the person must be registered with the director under Sentence 3.2.5.2.(1).

(2)

A registration shall be in a form established by the director.

(3)

A person is exempt from the requirement to comply with the qualification in Sentence (1), if his or her design activities relate only to,

(a)

design activities in respect of which a person described in Clause 3.2.4.7.(1)(c) or who has the qualification required under Sentence (1) will review and take responsibility,

(b)

construction of,

(i)

a house owned by the person, or

(ii)

an ancillary building that serves,

(A)

a house described in Subclause (i), or

(B)

an individual dwelling unit in a house described in Subclause (i),

(c)

construction of a farm building that,

(i)

is of low human occupancy,

(ii)

is 2 storeys or less in building height, and

(iii)

has a building area of less than 600 m2,

(d)

a sewage system to be constructed by that person and,

(i)

the person is registered under Article 3.3.3.2., or

(ii)

the sewage system is owned by the person,

(e)

construction of tents described in Sentence 3.14.1.2.(2) of Division B,

(f)

construction of signs,

(g)

construction of site services including,

(i)

surface drainage, and

(ii)

plumbing located underground, either outside a building or under a building,

(h)

construction of pre-engineered elements of a building, if the design of the elements is carried out by a person competent in the specific discipline appropriate to the circumstances,

(i)

construction of appliances, equipment and similar incidental components of a building,

(j)

construction of an ancillary building,

(i)

that serves a house or an individual dwelling unit in a house, and

(ii)

that has a building area of not more than 55 m2, or

(k)

construction of a building for which a permit under section 8 of the Act is applied for or issued before January 1, 2006 and for which construction is commenced within six months after the permit is issued.