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BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 228B

Authorised person's identification

S. 228B(1) amended by No. 46/2018 s. 62(1).

    (1)     A person referred to in section 228A who authorises another person to exercise all or any of the powers under this Division on behalf of the person must issue documentation that complies with subsection (4) to that authorised person.

S. 228B(2) amended by No. 46/2018 s. 62(1).

    (2)     The chief officer within the meaning of the Country Fire Authority Act 1958 who authorises another person to exercise all or any of the powers under this Subdivision on behalf of the chief officer must issue documentation that complies with subsection (4) to that authorised person.

S. 228B(3) amended by Nos 46/2018 s. 62(1), 40/2021 s. 53(6).

    (3)     The Fire Rescue Commissioner within the meaning of the Fire Rescue Victoria Act 1958 who authorises another person to exercise all or any of the powers under this Subdivision on behalf of the Fire Rescue Commissioner must issue documentation that complies with subsection (4) to that authorised person.

S. 228B(4) amended by No. 46/2018 s. 62(2).

    (4)     For the purposes of subsections (1), (2), (3) and (7) the documentation must—

S. 228B(4)(a) amended by No. 46/2018 s. 62(3).

        (a)     display a photograph of the person unless the person has been issued with a registration card; and

        (b)     state the person's name; and

        (c)     state the fact that the person is an authorised person within the meaning of section 228.

S. 228B(5) inserted by No. 46/2018 s. 62(4).

    (5)     The identification of an authorised person who is acting on behalf of a municipal building surveyor, Energy Safe Victoria, a relevant building surveyor or the chief officer is—

        (a)     documentation that complies with subsection (4); and

        (b)     if the authorised person has been issued with a registration card, that card.

S. 228B(6) inserted by No. 46/2018 s. 62(4), substituted by No. 1/2023 s. 14.

    (6)     The identification of a municipal building surveyor or a relevant building surveyor when exercising a power as an authorised person under this Division is—

        (a)     a registration card; or

        (b)     in the case of a person who has automatic deemed registration as a building surveyor, evidence of the person's home State registration.

S. 228B(7) inserted by No. 46/2018 s. 62(4).

    (7)     The identification of the chief officer when exercising a power as an authorised person under this Division must be in the form of documentation that complies with subsection (4).

S. 228C inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 46.



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