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TASMANIA
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BUILDING AMENDMENT BILL 2008
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 28 amended (Period of certificate)
5. Section 71 amended (Consideration of application for building
permit)
6. Section 163 amended (Building notices)
7. Section 170 amended (Building orders)
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BUILDING AMENDMENT BILL 2008
(Brought in by the Premier, the Honourable David John
Bartlett)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Building Act 2000
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Building
Amendment Act 2008.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Building Act 2000* is referred to
as the Principal Act.
*No. 100 of 2000
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4. Section 28 amended (Period of certificate)
Section 28(2) of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after paragraph (a) the following
paragraph:
(ab) the accredited building practitioner does
not pay the prescribed annual building
practitioner accreditation fee within 60
days after the date it falls due; or
5. Section 71 amended (Consideration of application
for building permit)
Section 71(d) of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "in force" and substituting "granted or
issued".
6. Section 163 amended (Building notices)
Section 163 of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after subsection (2) the following
subsections:
(2A) If a building surveyor is of the opinion
that any building work for which he or
she has been engaged is being carried out
on a building in contravention of this Act
or the permit, the building surveyor is to
issue a building notice to -
(a) the owner of the building; or
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(b) the builder carrying out the
building work.
(2B) A general manager may perform any of
the duties of a building surveyor under
subsection (2) or (2A) if the building
surveyor resigns, dies or becomes
incapable, for any reason, of performing
those duties.
7. Section 170 amended (Building orders)
Section 170 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting subsection (1) and
substituting the following subsection:
(1) If a person does not revoke a
building notice the person, after
the end of the period for making
representations, is to serve a
building order on the person who
was issued with the notice.
(b) by omitting from subsection (3)
"building work or other work" second
occurring and substituting "work
required to be done by the building
order".
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