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Building Act 1993
197Application in relation to building work approved or
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197 Application in relation to building work approved or
commenced before commencement
(1) This section applies in relation to building work:
(a) that commenced after 31 August 1993 but before the
commencement; or
(b) for which a building permit was granted after 31 August 1993
but before the commencement.
(2) An application for an occupancy permit in relation to building work
made but not determined before the commencement:
(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) Part 8 (as in force after the commencement) applies, as if a
reference to a requirement under the Act or the Regulations
(however expressed) in that Part, except as set out in the Table to
section 195, were a reference to such a requirement that was in
force when the building work commenced or the building permit
was granted, to:
(a) an application mentioned in subsection (2); or
(b) an application for occupancy certification made after the