Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BUILDING (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 2) 1998 (NO. 52 OF 1998) - SECT 15

    Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended—

        (a)     by omitting subsections (1), (1A) and (1B) and substituting the following subsection:

“(1)     In this section—

‘prescribed requirements', in relation to building work, means—

        (a)     the requirements of this Act, the regulations or the Building Code; or

        (b)     the approved plans.”;

        (b)     by omitting from subsection (2) “Subject to subsection (2A), where” and substituting “Where”;

        (c)     by omitting subsection (2A);

        (d)     by omitting subsections (4), (4A) and (5);

        (e)     by omitting subsection (8);

        (f)     by omitting paragraph (9) (a);

        (g)     by omitting from paragraph (9) (b) “signed by the engineer appointed”;

        (h)     by omitting from paragraph (9) (b) “or by a person appointed by the engineer,”;

              (i)     by adding at the end of paragraph (9) (b) “and”;

        (j)     by omitting from paragraph (9) (c) “an engineer” and substituting “a person”;

        (k)     by omitting paragraphs (9) (d) and (e); and

        (l)     by adding at the end the following subsection:

“(12)     For the purposes of determining, for the purposes of this section, whether building work has been completed in accordance with the prescribed requirements, the Building Controller may have regard to the certificates and other documents given to him or her by the certifier under section 40.”.