Western Australian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 2011 - SECT 145A

145A .         Local government functions

        (1)         A local government that is a permit authority, when referring an uncertified application under section 17(1), is not limited to referring the uncertified application to a building surveyor who is employed by the local government.

        (2)         A local government may issue a certificate that complies with section 19, 56 or 57 and that is signed by a building surveyor who is employed by the local government, whether or not —

            (a)         the building or incidental structure that is the subject of the application is, or is proposed to be, located in the local government’s district; or

            (b)         the applicant is an owner or occupier of land in the local government’s district.

        (3)         Nothing in this section affects the operation of —

            (a)         section 20(1)(d) or 58(1)(b); or

            (b)         the Local Government Act 1995 section 3.18, 3.19 or 3.68 or any other relevant provision of that Act.

        [Section 145A inserted: No. 37 of 2012 s. 28.]