Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BUILDING ACT 2004 (NO. 11 OF 2004) - SECT 69

    (1)     If building work involving the erection or alteration of a building has been completed in accordance with the prescribed requirements for the building work, the construction occupations registrar must, on application by the owner of the parcel of land where the building work was carried out, issue a certificate that the building work has been completed in accordance with the requirements and that the building as erected or as altered is fit for occupation and use as a building of the class stated in the approved plans for that building work.

    (2)     If building work involving the erection or alteration of a building as completed is not strictly in accordance with the prescribed requirements for the building work but is substantially in accordance with the requirements, the construction occupations registrar may, on application made by the owner of the parcel of land where the building work has been carried out, issue a certificate that the building as erected or as altered is fit for occupation and use as a building of the class stated in the approved plans for that building work.

    (3)     If part of a building has been erected in accordance with the prescribed requirements so far as they relate to the part of the building, the construction occupations registrar may, on an application made by the owner of a parcel of land where the building is being erected, issue a certificate that the part of the building is fit for occupation and use as a part of a building of the class stated in the approved plans in relation to the building work.

    (4)     For this section—

        (a)     a certificate under the Water and Sewerage Act 2000 that the plumbing, sewerage and drainage work carried out in building work complies with the prescribed requirements for the building work relating to plumbing, sewerage and drainage work is evidence of the fact; and

        (b)     a certificate signed by an inspector under the Electricity Safety Act 1971 certifying that the electrical wiring work, as defined by the Electricity Safety Act 1971 , carried out in the building work complies with the prescribed requirements for the building work relating to the electrical wiring work is evidence of the fact.

Note     A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including regulations (see Legislation Act, s 104).