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Building Act 1975
sec.53Local government may rely on particular compliance certificates and other documents
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### sec.53 Local government may rely on particular compliance certificates and other documents
This section applies if—
a building certifier gives the local government for a building development application (the original application ) a compliance certificate or other document; and
the certificate or other document was made by or given to the building certifier to carry out building assessment work under the original application.
The local government may, in carrying out functions under this Act for the following, accept and, without further checking, rely and act on the certificate or other document—
the original application;
another building development application for all or part of the building work under the original application.
s 53 prev s 53 sub 1991 No. 52 s 2 0.71
om 1998 No. 13 s 15
ins 1998 No. 13 s 25
om 2006 No. 36 s 56
pres s 53 ins 2006 No. 36 s 5
(sec.53-ssec.1) This section applies if— a building certifier gives the local government for a building development application (the original application ) a compliance certificate or other document; and the certificate or other document was made by or given to the building certifier to carry out building assessment work under the original application.
(sec.53-ssec.2) The local government may, in carrying out functions under this Act for the following, accept and, without further checking, rely and act on the certificate or other document— the original application; another building development application for all or part of the building work under the original application.
- (a) a building certifier gives the local government for a building development application (the original application ) a compliance certificate or other document; and
- (b) the certificate or other document was made by or given to the building certifier to carry out building assessment work under the original application.
- (a) the original application;
- (b) another building development application for all or part of the building work under the original application.