| (1) | A contractor who wishes to be registered in terms of these Regulations in contractor grading designation 1 as contemplated in regulation 6 may apply in the approved form to the Board to be registered in that contractor grading designation. |
| (2) | An application referred to in subregulation (1), must be accompanied by— |
| (a) | certified copies of the identity documents of the principal or principals of the contractor, but where there are more than twenty principals, certified copies of the identity documents of only twenty principals may be submitted; |
| (b) | in the case of a company or a close corporation, the registration number, a certificate of incorporation and the latest name change, if any, issued in terms of the Companies Act, 1973 or the Close Corporations Act, 1984, as the case may be and certified copies of the shareholders' certificates of the Company; |
| (c) | an original tax clearance certificate issued by the South African Revenue Service; |
| (d) | if an application relates to the Electrical Engineering – designation EE class of works, a certified copy of his or her electrical contractor licence issued by the Electrical Contracting Board of South Africa; and |
| (e) | any other information required by the Board in relation to the category of registration of a contractor. |
| (3) | If an application in terms of this regulation is made on the official Board website, the supporting documentation referred to in subregulation (2), together with the confirmation of particulars signed by the applicant, must be submitted to the Board by mail or by hand and the application is not considered to have been duly completed until that submission has been received by the Board. |
| (4) | The Board must for the purpose of assessing an application for registration and subject to section 30 of the Act, take reasonable steps to verify the information submitted by a contractor in terms of this regulation. |
| (5) | If a contractor does not fully comply with a request from the CIDB to provide further information in relation to his or her application within 90 days from the date of that request, the Board may cancel the application. |
| (6) | In the case of an application for registration by a contractor whose supporting documents are not in English. that application must be accompanied by an English translation of those documents, prepared by a sworn translator. |
| (7) | A person designated by the Chief Executive Officer must enter— |
| (a) | the particulars from the supporting documents listed in subregulation (2); |
| (b) | the address and contact particulars, |
of the applicant on the registration system.
| (8) | If the applicant has not completed a registration form the designated person must print a declaration containing the information captured in terms of subregulation (7) and the applicant must, after ascertaining that the information captured on the registration system is correct, the designated person must retain the registration form or declaration, as the case may be, together with supporting documentation provided in terms of subregulation (2). |
| (9) | The designated person must, on payment of the administration fee— |
| (a) | register the applicant as a contractor on the register of contractors; |
| (b) | update the register of contractors accordingly; and |
| (c) | issue to the contractor a receipt, which contains the contractor registration number for the payment of the administration fee. |
| (10) | The registration particulars reflected on the register of contractors on the official Board website serves as the registration certificate as contemplated in section 16(7) of the Act. |
| (11) | Regulations 7 and 10 to 12 and 14 do not apply to an application for registration in the contractor grading designation 1. |
[Regulation 7A inserted by Notice No. 1121, GG 30510, dated 23 November 2007]
