The purpose of the Bill is to provide for a mandatory statutory register of builders, contractors and specialist sub-contractors, and subject to a limited number of exceptions, a builder will only be permitted to carry out building works in respect of which he or she is registered.
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The CIRI has been operated by the Construction Industry Federation as a voluntary register since March 2014 and the Government committed to placing the register on a statutory footing in the Action Plan for Jobs and Construction 2020.
The establishment of CIRI as a mandatory statutory register is seen as an essential consumer protection measure which will give consumers who engage a registered builder the assurance that they are dealing with a competent and compliant operator. It will also provide a forum for the investigation of complaints against registered members and the imposition of proportionate sanctions.
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