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Building Act 1993
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72D Application
(1) An application for a certificate of existence may be made to a
building certifier by the owner of a building or by the owner's agent.
(2) An owner or owner's agent may apply for a certificate of existence
in relation to building work (existing building work):
(a) carried out in or on a building of a class prescribed by
(b) completed before the commencement of this Division.
(3) The application may be made if:
(a) a relevant building law, at the time the existing building work
was carried out, required a building authorisation to be
granted for the work; and
(b) any of the following apply:
(i) a building authorisation was not in force for the existing
building work at the time it was carried out;
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(ii) the existing building work was carried out while a
building authorisation was in force for the work but it is
not substantially compliant with the authorisation;
(iii) the existing building work was carried out while a
building authorisation was in force for the work but it is
not substantially compliant with the requirements of the
relevant building law that applied to the work at that time;
(iv) the existing building work was carried out while a
building authorisation was in force for the work but it
does not meet the applicable technical standards.
applicable technical standards, in relation to existing building
work for which a building authorisation was granted, means any
standards or codes, in force in the Territory during the period the
building authorisation was in force, that regulated the building work.
building authorisation means a building permit or equivalent
document (however described) issued under a relevant building
law.
relevant building law means a law (including standards and codes
under the law) in force in the Territory that, at the time existing
building work was carried out, regulated the carrying out of the
existing building work.