Western Australian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 2011 - SECT 178

178 .         Building licences, pending applications, reviews

        (1)         In this section —

        building licence means a building licence under section 374(1) of the former provisions.

        (2)         A building licence that was in effect immediately before commencement day is, on and from commencement day, to be taken to be a building permit on the conditions applying to the building licence immediately before commencement day.

        (3)         Despite section 32 a building licence that, under subsection (2), is to be taken to be a building permit, is of no effect if the building work to which it applies is not substantially commenced within 12 months of the date of its issue or review, or such longer period that the permit authority approves on an application under section 32.

        (4)         An application for a building licence that had been made, but not decided by the local government, before commencement day is, on and from commencement day, to be taken to be an application for a building permit under section 14 for which the fee mentioned in section 16(l) has been paid.

        (5)         A review under section 374AAD(1)(a) or (b) of the former provisions that was started, but not finalised, before commencement day must be dealt with as if the former provisions had not been amended by Part 15 Division 1, and a building licence that is issued or varied as a result of such a review is to be taken to be a building permit on the conditions applying to the building licence on its issue or variation.