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Tasmania · Hobart

Split payments for licensed building designers in Tasmania

Tasmania licenses building designers through CBOS in three sub-classes and has moved to a single state planning scheme with local schedules. Small Hobart practices that share jobs with engineers can use one staged schedule to keep each licence holder’s work and pay distinct.

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Building designer licences

Consumer, Building and Occupational Services (CBOS) licenses building designers under the Occupational Licensing Act 2005, with three sub-classes: Restricted, Limited and Domestic. Each sub-class has its own scope of work, set out on the CBOS licence page.

Security of payment in Tasmania

Tasmania’s scheme is the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009. Disputed claims go to adjudication, with applications made through an authorised nominating authority.

The Tasmanian Planning Scheme

Planning runs under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993. The Tasmanian Planning Scheme is made up of the statewide State Planning Provisions and a Local Provisions Schedule for each municipality. Hobart and its neighbouring councils share the statewide rules but apply their own local zoning maps and codes.

Example: a Hobart hillside home

ExampleExample only: sample figures, not a quote
Stage 1: site survey (surveyor)
A$1,430
Stage 2: planning drawings (building designer)
A$3,960
Stage 3: geotechnical and structural (engineer)
A$2,970
Stage 3: building drawings (building designer)
A$2,640
Client pays per stage
A$11,000 total

Illustrative only. In DrafterShare the surveyor would be paid from Stage 1, the engineer from Stage 3 and the designer from both, from a single client schedule (planned).

Using DrafterShare in Tasmania

This page is general information drawn from the official sources listed below, not legal advice. Check the current law, and get advice on your own contract.

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Questions

What are the CBOS building designer sub-classes?

Restricted, Limited and Domestic. The CBOS page in the sources sets out the scope of each.

Is the Tasmanian Planning Scheme the same in every council?

The State Planning Provisions are statewide; each municipality has its own Local Provisions Schedule.

Sources

Official pages we relied on, checked 27 October 2026. Laws change; always read the current version.

  1. Building designer licence (opens in a new tab) · Consumer, Building and Occupational Services (Tas)
  2. Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 (Tas) (opens in a new tab) · Tasmanian Legislation Online
  3. About the Tasmanian Planning Scheme (opens in a new tab) · Planning in Tasmania

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