Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CONSTRUCTION PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION ACT 1998 (REPEALED) - SECT 27

    (1)     A building action may not be brought more than 10 years after—

        (a)     if a certificate of completion of the relevant building work has been given under the Building Act 1972 , section 40 (1) (g)—the giving of the certificate; or

        (b)     if paragraph (a) does not apply, but the certifier has, in the course or on completion of the building work, inspected it—the day when the last inspection took place; or

        (c)     if neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) applies—the day when the relevant building was first occupied or used.

    (2)     If a certifier has given, in relation to the building work, a notice under the Building Act 1972 , section 32 that his or her appointment as certifier has ceased or been revoked or relinquished, a building action in relation to the relevant building work may not be brought against the certifier more than 10 years after the giving of the notice.

    (3)     Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a building action for which another limitation period is prescribed by a Territory law that is less than the limitation period applying to the action under those subsections.

    (4)     In this section:

"building", in relation to building work that consists of, or includes, the alteration of a building, means the building as altered.