Construction Industry Licensing

L.N. 378 of 2024

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 623)

Construction Industry Licensing

(Amendment No. 3) Regulations, 2024

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 11A and 17 of

the Building and Construction Authority Act, the Minister responsible

for the construction industry after consultation with the Building and

Construction Authority Board, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Construction Industry Citation.

Licensing (Amendment No. 3) Regulations, 2024 and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Construction S.L. 623.09.

Industry Licensing Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the

"principal regulations".

The first proviso of regulation 16(1) of the principal Amends

regulation 16 of

regulations shall be substituted by the following new proviso

the principal

regulations.

"Provided that in the case of applications submitted

before 31st December 2024, the Committee shall decide by the

30 th June 2025:".

Heading C of Schedule II of the principal regulations shall Amends

Schedule II of

be amended as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) item 2 thereof shall be substituted by the following

new item

"2. (1) In the case that the applicant is a natural

person, he shall be eligible to apply as a construction

contractor if he is in possession of

(a) a mason’s licence;

(b) a list of all certified equipment to be

utilised

Provided that the applicant shall have

the capacity to ensure that all construction works

on a site are duly supervised by a licensed mason

or by a person who is in possession of an

equivalent National Occupational Standards

Certification in masonry works and, or any other

qualifications or experience which the Committee

considers to be equivalent or a suitable alternative

to this qualification.

(2) If the applicant does not satisfy the criteria in

sub-paragraph 1(a), he shall provide the Authority with a

contract of works with a licensed mason or an

employment agreement of a licensed mason, which

contract or agreement shall be for the period of validity

of the contractor’s licence issued in accordance with

these regulations

Provided that if the application is made on

one’s own behalf, such licence shall be valid for a period

of one (1) year

Provided further that if the application is

made for a commercial purpose, on the expiry of a period

of one (1) year, the applicant shall re-apply to the

Authority for such licence to be issued under a

commercial entity recognised by law, which entity shall

be formed by the said applicant.";

(b)

in item 3(b) thereof the word "full-time" shall be

deleted.

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