Useful Links
Licence/Registration Information
Regulators for builders and trades people
| State | Regulator | Website Address |
| NSW | Office of Fair Trading | www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/building.html |
| VIC | Victoria Building Commission | www.buildingcommission.com.au Go to Industry Information then Industry Services |
| QLD | Building Services Authority | www.bsa.qld.gov.au Go to Builders/Contractors |
| WA | Builders Registration Board of Western Australia | www.builders.wa.gov.au Go to Registration then Apply for Registration |
| SA | Office of Consumer and Business Affairs | www.ocba.sa.gov.au/licensing |
| TAS | Workplace Standards Tasmania | www.wst.tas.gov.au/industries/building/bpa |
| ACT | ACT Planning and Land Authority | www.actpla.act.gov.au/customer_information/industry Go to Builders |
| NT | NT Building Practioners Board | www.ipe.nt.gov.au Go to Building then Residential Building Reform |
Regulators for plumbers and gasfitters
| State | Regulator | Website Address |
| NSW | Office of Fair Trading | www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/building.html |
| VIC | Plumbing Industry Commission | www.pic.vic.gov.au Go to Industry then Licensing and Registration |
| QLD (For all plumbing licences and registrations) |
Department of Infrastructure and Planning | www.infrastructure.qld.gov.au Go to Building & Plumbing then Plumbers and Drainers Board |
| QLD (For all gasfitting licences and registrations) |
Department of Mines and Energy | www.nrw.qld.gov.au Go to Department of Mines and Energy Topics, then Explosives, fireworks and gas safety, then Petroleum and gas safety, then Domestic type A gas work |
| QLD (for contractor licences) |
Building Services Authority | www.bsa.qld.gov.au Go to Builders/Contractors |
| WA (For all plumbing licences and registrations) |
Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (Plumbers Licensing Board) | www.plumbers.wa.gov.au |
| WA (For all gasfitting licences and registrations) |
Energy Safety | www.energysafety.wa.gov.au Go to Industry then Gas Workers |
| SA | Office of Consumer and Business Affairs | www.ocba.sa.gov.au/licensing |
| TAS | Plumbers and Gasfitters Licensing Board | Website to be developed pending finalisation of new legislation |
| ACT | ACT Planning and Land Authority | www.actpla.act.gov.au/customer_information/industry |
| NT | Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Board | www.ipe.nt.gov.au |
Regulators for electricians
| State | Regulator | Website Address |
| NSW | Office of Fair Trading | www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/building.html |
| VIC | Energy Safe Victoria | www.esv.vic.gov.au Go to Licensing and Registration |
| QLD | Department of Employment and Industrial Relations | www.deir.qld.gov.au/electricalsafety/index.htm |
| WA | Energy Safety | www.energysafety.wa.gov.au Go to Industry then Electrical Contracters and Workers |
| SA | Office of Consumer and Business Affairs | www.ocba.sa.gov.au/licensing |
| TAS | Electricity Standards and Safety, Workplace Standards Tasmania | www.wst.tas.gov.au/electricity |
| ACT | ACT Planning and Land Authority | www.actpla.act.gov.au/customer_information/industry Go to Electricians |
| NT | Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Board | www.electricallicensing.nt.gov.au |
OH&S Regulators
| State | Regulator | Legislation |
| National | Australian Safety and Compensation Council | |
| ACT | ACT WorkCover | Guide (PDF, 0.46MB) to the ACT Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989 |
| NSW | WorkCover NSW | What legislation covers occupational health and safety? |
| NT | NT WorkSafe | Legislation and regulation |
| QLD | QLD Workplace Health and Safety | A guide to the Workplace Health & Safety Act 1995 |
| SA | SafeWork SA | Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act and Regulations |
| TAS | WorkCover Tasmania | Legal obligations |
| VIC | Victorian WorkCover Authority | Acts and regulations |
| WA | WorkSafe Western Australia | Legislation |
