Builders: public liability requirements in Tasmania

Verified for Tasmania

• Licence liability condition: A Tasmanian Builder (General construction) licence requires public liability insurance limited at not less than $5 million for any one claim, plus contract works insurance. Demolisher and fire protection services classes carry their own combinations. TAS · effective 2024-09-12 Consumer, Building and Occupational Services Tasmania · 2026-08-13
• Licence evidence required: A certificate of currency of insurance must be uploaded for both new builder licence applications and renewals, and builders must also provide evidence of contract works insurance. Tax invoices are not accepted as proof of cover. TAS · effective 2026-08-13 Consumer, Building and Occupational Services Tasmania · 2026-08-13
• Licensing body: The Administrator of Occupational Licensing, through Consumer, Building and Occupational Services, issues Tasmanian builder licences under the Occupational Licensing Act 2005 as a category of building services provider licence. The classes are domestic, low rise, medium rise and open. TAS · effective 2024-09-12 Consumer, Building and Occupational Services Tasmania · 2026-08-13

What contracts commonly ask for

Principals and head contractors set their own insurance requirements, and those are frequently higher than a licence condition. The requirement that binds is the higher of the two, and both have to be read from the actual document.

• What the limit figure on a certificate means
• Cover for the principal for your work
• When a certificate falls short of the contract

What this cover costs

This site publishes no cost benchmark for this cover. A benchmark needs a real sample of documents, and none is published until the sample is large enough to compute a median honestly. A benchmark from a handful of policies is a guess with a decimal point.

Sources

• Building Commission NSW — Building Commission NSW — building and trade licences
• Building and Plumbing Commission — Building and Plumbing Commission (Victoria)
• WorkSafe Queensland — WorkSafe Queensland — regulator portal (WHSQ, Electrical Safety Office, WCRS)
• Consumer Protection WA — Consumer Protection, Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety (WA)
• Consumer and Business Services SA — Consumer and Business Services (South Australia)
• Consumer, Building and Occupational Services Tasmania — CBOS Tasmania — occupational licensing
• ACT Construction Occupations Registrar — ACT construction occupations licensing
• NT Building Practitioners Board — Northern Territory Building Practitioners Board — registration