Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 231AK

231AK When owner must obtain fire safety (RCB) compliance certificate or certificate of occupancy

The owner of an RCB must, unless the owner has a reasonable excuse, obtain a fire safety (RCB) compliance certificate for the RCB, or a certificate of occupancy relating to building work done to the RCB to make it comply with the fire safety standard (RCB), by the latest of the following days—

(a) for an RCB with the assessment category 1—

(i) 1 September 2014; or

(ii) a day prescribed under a regulation that is later than 1 September 2014; or

(iii) a day approved by a local government under section 231AL that is later than 1 September 2014 but not later than 1 September 2015;

(b) for an RCB with the assessment category 2—

(i) 1 September 2016; or

(ii) a day prescribed under a regulation that is later than 1 September 2016; or

(iii) a day approved by a local government under section 231AL that is later than 1 September 2016 but not later than 1 September 2017.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.