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DESIGN AND BUILDING PRACTITIONERS ACT 2020 - SECT 22
Obligations relating to Building Code of Australia
22 Obligations relating to Building Code of Australia
(1) A building practitioner who does building work must take all reasonable
steps to ensure that the building work, or any part of that work, complies
with the requirements of the Building Code of Australia : Maximum
penalty--3,000 penalty units (in the case of a body corporate) or 1,000
penalty units (in any other case).
(2) If a building compliance declaration
provided by a registered building practitioner sets out steps required to be
taken to ensure compliance with the Building Code of Australia : Maximum
penalty--3,000 penalty units (in the case of a body corporate) or 1,000
penalty units (in any other case).
(3) It is a defence to an offence under
subsection (1) if the defendant proves that-- (a) the defendant reasonably
relied on and built in accordance with a regulated design for which a
design compliance declaration was provided by a registered design practitioner
stating that the design complied with the applicable requirements of the
Building Code of Australia
(b) the registered design practitioner's
registration authorised the practitioner to provide a declaration as to the
matters to which the declaration related.
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