Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BUILDING ACT 2004 (NO. 11 OF 2004) - SECT 21

    (1)     A government certifier appointed for building work may, by written notice, require the person who was the certifier (or last certifier) for the building work to give the government certifier any building document the person has in relation to the work within the period (that is not less than 2 weeks after the day the notice is given) stated in the notice.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person contravenes a notice given to the person under subsection (1).

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.

    (4)     In this section:

"building document "means a document mentioned in section 48 (2).