SCHEDULE 8 - Savings and Transitional Provisions – Building and Construction (Regulatory Reform Amendments) Act 2020

1.    Application of amendments

(1) In this clause –

amending Act means the Building and Construction (Regulatory Reform Amendments) Act 2020 .

(2) Section 51A , as inserted by a provision of the amending Act, does not apply in relation to an application for a permit that has been lodged, or that a person has attempted to lodge, with a planning authority before the day on which the provision of the amending Act commences.

(3) The amendment to section 54(3) made by a provision of the amending Act does not apply in relation to additional information that is received under section 54(1) before the day on which the provision of the amending Act commences.

(4) Section 56(1A) , as inserted by a provision of the amending Act, applies in relation to a request for an amendment to a permit –

(a) that has been received under section 56(1) ; and

(b) that has not been determined by the day on which the provision of the amending Act commences –

as if the reference in section 56(1A) to the 28-day period after the request was received were a reference to a 28-day period beginning on the day on which the provision of the amending Act commences.

(5) Section 56AA , as inserted by a provision of the amending Act, does not apply in relation to an application for an amendment of a permit that has been lodged, or that a person has attempted to lodge, with a planning authority before the day on which the provision of the amending Act commences.