B-1.1 - Building Act

Section 159.5 Disposition versions

2024-11-27

159.5. A monetary administrative penalty of $3,000 in the case of a natural person and $7,500 in any other case may be imposed on anyone who

(1)  acts as a building contractor or an owner-builder, holds himself to be such or gives cause to believe that he is a building contractor or an owner-builder when he does not hold a licence of the appropriate class or subclass, in contravention of the first paragraph of section 46 or section 48;

(2)  if he is a contractor, uses, for the carrying out of construction work, the services of another contractor who does not hold a licence of the appropriate class or subclass, in contravention of the second paragraph of section 46;

(3)  carries on an activity without obtaining a permit, certificate or recognition required under this Act, other than a licence, in particular under section 35.2, 37.1 or 86.8, as well as its renewal and amendment; or

(4)  fails to comply with an order made under section 123, 124 or 124.1 or in any way prevents or hinders its enforcement.

2024, c. 35, s. 31.