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(3A) For subsection (3) (b), a defendant is taken to be satisfied on reasonable grounds if the defendant proves that the defendant relied on an exemption assessment D notice, issued not more than 3 months before the day the application for building approval was made, stating that the development did not require development approval.
(3B) Subsection (3A) applies whether or not the exemption assessment D notice was incorrect, unless the prosecution establishes that the defendant knew, or could reasonably be expected to have known, that the notice was incorrect.