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BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 16A

Exception if permit suspended

    (1)     It is an exception to an offence under section 16(1), (3) or (4) if a building permit was not in effect because it was suspended under section 25AE and the accused at the time of the alleged offence—

        (a)     was not aware that an event mentioned in section 25AE(1) had occurred in relation to the building permit; and

        (b)     could not reasonably be expected to have known that the event had occurred.

    (2)     The exception in subsection (1) does not apply to the accused if the accused is an architect or a building practitioner who is engaged to carry out the building work to which the building permit applies.

S. 16B inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 21(2).



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