New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DESIGN AND BUILDING PRACTITIONERS ACT 2020 - SECT 27

27 Principal certifier must consider compliance declarations

(1) A principal certifier who is responsible for issuing an occupation certificate for building work must not determine an application for an occupation certificate unless the principal certifier is satisfied that all compliance declarations required for the building work have been lodged in accordance with this Act.

(2) A principal certifier who is responsible for issuing an occupation certificate for building work must consider any instances of non-compliance specified in the compliance declarations provided to the certifier relating to the building work when deciding whether to issue the certificate.

(3) Nothing in this section prevents a regulation from being made under section 26 that prohibits the issue of occupation certificates unless compliance declarations are provided.