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Building Act 1993
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195 Applications for certificate of occupancy under repealed Act
(1) This section:
(a) applies in relation to building work approved or commenced
before 1 September 1993; and
(b) applies despite section 170.
(2) If, before the commencement, a repealed Act occupancy
application had been made in relation to building work but the
application had not been determined, the application:
(a) is taken to be an application for occupancy certification; and
(b) must be determined under Part 8 of this Act as in force after
(3) After the commencement:
(a) a repealed Act occupancy application must not be made in
relation to building work; but
(b) an application for occupancy certification under Part 8 of this
Act as in force after the commencement may be made in
relation to the work.
(4) For the purposes of determining an application mentioned in
subsection (2) or (3):
(a) a reference in Part 8 to a building permit granted for building
work is taken to be a reference to a building approval given
under Part III of the repealed Act; and
(b) a reference to a requirement under the Act or the Regulations
(however expressed) in that Part, except as set out in the
Table to this section, is taken to be a reference to such a
requirement:
(i) under the repealed Act, or the regulations made under
the repealed Act; and
(ii) that was in force when the building work was approved
or commenced.
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Table of exceptions
Provision Reference
1 70(2)(c)(ii) criteria prescribed by regulation
2 72B(1)(a) building of a class prescribed by regulation
3 72B(1)(e) further criteria prescribed by regulation
4 72C(c) criteria mentioned in section 72B(1)(e)
5 Division 3 any requirements
6 76C Schedule 3