Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 21

21 Building work that is accepted development for the Planning Act

(1) Subsection (2) applies to the extent a regulation made under the Planning Act prescribes that this Act may declare building work to be accepted development.

(2) Building work is declared to be accepted development for the Planning Act if—

(a) the building work is prescribed by regulation; and

(b) if the regulation states that the building work must comply with the relevant provisions—the building work complies with the relevant provisions for the building work.

(3) Building work that is accepted development under a regulation made under the Planning Act or subsection (2) is
"accepted building work" .

(4) Subsection (2) is subject to section 37 .

(5) In this section—

"relevant provisions" , for building work, means—

(a) if alternative provisions under section 33 , or provisions as varied under section 44 (
"varied provisions" ), apply to all or part of the building work—

(i) the alternative provisions or varied provisions; and

(ii) any relevant deemed-to-satisfy provision under the BCA or relevant acceptable solution under the QDC for the work, other than the QDC residential design and siting provisions; and

(iii) any other building assessment provision applying to the work; or

(b) if no alternative provisions under section 33 , or varied provisions, apply to all or part of the building work—

(i) any relevant deemed-to-satisfy provision under the BCA or relevant acceptable solution under the QDC for the work; and

(ii) any other building assessment provision applying to the work.