Queensland Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATION 2006 - REG 35B

35B Inspection procedure and process after inspection

(1) The building certifier for the pool work must, unless the building certifier has a reasonable excuse, inspect, or ensure another building certifier inspects, the pool work as soon as practicable after the inspection day and before the building development approval lapses.

Example of a reasonable excuse—

the building certifier is refused access to the premises on which the pool work is being carried out

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) The building certifier who inspects the stage is called the
"inspecting certifier" .

(3) The inspection must be carried out under best industry practice.

(4) The building certifier must, for at least 3 years after the inspection is carried out, keep a record of the inspection, including details of the time the inspection was carried out and the results of the inspection.

(5) If the pool work has not started, the inspecting certifier need not take any further action in relation to the inspection.

Note—

If the builder later carries out the pool work, the builder for the work must take action under section 27 for each stage of the pool work.

(6) If the inspecting certifier is satisfied all relevant aspects of the final stage of the pool work under the building development approval have been completed and comply with the approval, the inspecting certifier must give the builder for the work a certificate of inspection for the stage.

(7) If a stage of the pool work has been completed and the inspecting certifier is not satisfied the stage complies with the building development approval, the inspecting certifier must give the builder for the work a noncompliance notice for the stage.

(8) If the occupier of the premises on the relevant land or the builder for the pool work refuses to allow the inspecting certifier to enter the relevant land to carry out the inspection, the building certifier must, within 2 business days after the refusal, give the local government notice of the refusal.

(9) This section is subject to section 35C .

(10) In this section—

"relevant land" means the land on which the chapter 8 pool or its fencing is, or is intended to be, constructed.