11Building activities declared to be exempt

11 Building activities declared to be exempt

(1) For the purposes of subparagraphs 99(1)(d)(i) and (e)(i) and (3)(d)(i) and (e)(i) of the Act, the kinds of building activities (the exempt building activities) that are exempt from Subdivision C of Division 5 of Part 5 of the Act are the following: (a) the erection, or installation, of a manufactured home or moveable dwelling, or a similar construction; (b) the erection of a building that is a class 10a building under the Building Code, having a floorspace of 10 square metres or less; (c) the erection of a building that is a class 10b building under the Building Code, except: (i) a fence more than 2 metres high; or (ii) a mast, pole, antenna or similar structure that is erected on a building and is more than 3 metres higher than its highest point of attachment to the building; or (iii) a mast, pole, antenna or similar structure that is not erected on a building and is more than 8 metres high; or (iv) a wall (including a retaining wall) more than 1 metre high; or (v) a sign, other than a sign that at its highest point is less than 8 metres above ground level or a sign that is erected by an airport‑lessee company for an advisory purpose (such as the regulation of traffic); (d) the repair, or alteration, of an existing building, if the repair or alteration: (i) does not adversely affect any aspect of the safety, or the structural soundness, of the building; and (ii) does not involve the underpinning, or replacement, of the footings; and (iii) is in the nature of appropriate maintenance or cosmetic changes, or fit out, to the interior or exterior of the building; (e) the repair, or alteration, of an existing building, if the repair or alteration: (i) does not adversely affect any aspect of the safety, or the structural soundness, of the building; and (ii) does not involve underpinning of, or replacement of, the footings; and (iii) is essential because of an emergency relating to the safety of persons; (f) the repair, or alteration, of existing works, if the repair or alteration is minor and: (i) does not adversely affect the structural soundness of the works; and (ii) is appropriate maintenance; (g) subject to subsection (2), building activity involving work of a minor nature carried out on an airport site that the airport building controller for the airport site has determined, in writing, for the purposes of this paragraph. (2) The airport building controller for an airport site may determine work carried out on the airport site for the purposes of paragraph (1)(g) only if the controller is satisfied that the work: (a) is small‑scale and of short duration; and (b) will involve no more than minor interference with the airport site; and (c) will not create a danger of injury to a person using the airport.