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BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 205H

Building permit application must contain information about cost of building work

    (1)     An application for a building permit must—

        (a)     specify the contract price for the building work (including the cost of labour and materials), if there is a contract for the building work; or

        (b)     in any other case, include sufficient information to enable the relevant building surveyor to estimate the cost of the building work (including the cost of labour and materials).

S. 205H(1AA) inserted by No. 31/2020 s. 57B(1).

    (1AA)     An application for a building permit must also specify the following—

        (a)     whether the building work relates to more than one class of building;

        (b)     if the building work relates to more than one class of building—each class of building;

        (c)     if the building work relates to more than one class of building, and those classes of building include one or more class of building referred to in section 205G(2A) and a class 1, 9 or 10 building

              (i)     the cost of the building work that relates to the class or classes of building referred to in section 205G(2A); and

              (ii)     the cost of the building work that relates to the class 1, 9 or 10 building.

S. 205H(1A) inserted by No. 43/2019 s. 16(1).

    (1A)     If an application is for a staged permit, the application must also—

        (a)     specify the contract price for the whole of the building work (including the cost of labour and materials), if there is a contract for the whole of the building work; or

        (b)     in any other case, include sufficient information to enable the relevant building surveyor to estimate the cost of the whole of the building work (including the cost of labour and materials).

S. 205H(2) amended by Nos 43/2019 s. 16(2), 31/2020 s. 57B(2).

    (2)     The requirements of this section are in addition to any other requirements under this Act or the regulations in relation to applications for building permits.

S. 205HA inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 68.



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