9Occupancy or use of existing buildings

9 Occupancy or use of existing buildings

(1) This section applies if: (a) the Minister grants a lease of National Land on which there are improvements at the time the lease is granted; and (b) at that time, a certificate of regularisation has not been issued in relation to a building forming part of those improvements. (2) A person may occupy or use, or permit another person to occupy or use, the building or a part of the building whether or not a certificate of occupancy has been issued for the building or part of the building. (3) Nothing in this section prevents or restricts the application of the Building Act to: (a) the alteration, after the grant of the lease, of the improvements on the land at the time the leased is granted; or (b) the construction, after the grant of the lease, of other improvements on the land.