Queensland Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATION 2006 - REG 54

54 Fees

(1) The fees payable under the Act are in schedule 3 .

(2) The fee (the
"fast-track fee" ) accompanying a request, under section 39 of the Act , to fast-track a decision for a variation application is in addition to the fee payable for the application.

(3) If the chief executive refuses a request to fast-track the decision, the chief executive must refund the fast-track fee to the applicant.

(4) The chief executive may refund the fee for a variation application if—

(a) if the application is accompanied by a request to fast-track a decision for the application—the decision is not made within 2 business days after the application is made; or

(b) otherwise—a decision for the application is not made within 20 business days after the application is made.

(5) In deciding whether to refund the fee, the chief executive must have regard to each of the following—

(a) if the chief executive requested further information about the application, whether the applicant provided the information in a timely way;

(b) any matter about the complexity of the building work that is the subject of the application, including—

(i) the scale of the building work; and

(ii) whether the department made a request for specialist advice to decide the application.