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Building Act 1975
sec.31Building assessment provisions are assessment benchmarks for Planning Act
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### sec.31 Building assessment provisions are assessment benchmarks for Planning Act
Each of the building assessment provisions is an assessment benchmark for the Planning Act for the assessment of building work that is assessable development under section 20 .
However, for the assessment of the building work under the Planning Act , the building assessment provisions are subject to—
how, under this division, the provisions apply to the work; and
any variation of them under division 2 .
The effect of a building assessment provision mentioned in section 30 (a) to (d) , (f) or (g) can not be changed under a local law, local planning instrument or local government resolution.
A local law, local planning instrument or local government resolution must not include provisions about building work, to the extent a building assessment provision mentioned in subsection (3) applies to the building work.
To the extent a local law, local planning instrument or local government resolution does not comply with subsection (4) , the local law, local planning instrument or local government resolution is of no effect.
Subsections (3) to (5) are subject to sections 32 and 33 .
s 31 orig s 31 amd 1978 No. 47 s 12 ; 1981 No. 53 s 11 ; 1984 No. 45 s 22 ; 1987 No. 69 s 9 ; 1991 No. 52 s 2 .39; 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch
om 1998 No. 13 s 13
prev s 31 ins 1998 No. 13 s 19
amd 2002 No. 77 s 174
om 2006 No. 36 s 38
pres s 31 ins 2006 No. 36 s 5
amd 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 ; 2012 No. 3 s 7 ; 2016 No. 27 s 54
(sec.31-ssec.1) Each of the building assessment provisions is an assessment benchmark for the Planning Act for the assessment of building work that is assessable development under section 20 .
(sec.31-ssec.2) However, for the assessment of the building work under the Planning Act , the building assessment provisions are subject to— how, under this division, the provisions apply to the work; and any variation of them under division 2 .
(sec.31-ssec.3) The effect of a building assessment provision mentioned in section 30 (a) to (d) , (f) or (g) can not be changed under a local law, local planning instrument or local government resolution.
(sec.31-ssec.4) A local law, local planning instrument or local government resolution must not include provisions about building work, to the extent a building assessment provision mentioned in subsection (3) applies to the building work.
(sec.31-ssec.5) To the extent a local law, local planning instrument or local government resolution does not comply with subsection (4) , the local law, local planning instrument or local government resolution is of no effect.
(sec.31-ssec.6) Subsections (3) to (5) are subject to sections 32 and 33 .
- (a) how, under this division, the provisions apply to the work; and
- (b) any variation of them under division 2 .