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Building Act 1993
72EBuilding certifier's recommendation to Director
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72E Building certifier's recommendation to Director
(1) A building certifier may, in the approved form, recommend to the
Director that the Director grant, or refuse to grant, a certificate of
existence.
(2) The recommendation must include the information, and be
accompanied by the documents, required by the approved form.
(3) However, the Director may request the building certifier to obtain
further information or documents relevant to the recommendation.
(4) The building certifier must not make a recommendation for the
grant of a certificate of existence unless:
(a) the recommendation applies to a building of a class prescribed
for section 72D(2)(a); and
(b) the application for the certificate of existence was
accompanied by the documents prescribed for Schedule 3,
clause 3; and
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(c) the certifier believes on reasonable grounds that the existing
building work to which the recommendation relates:
(i) is consistent with those documents; and
(ii) complies with any criteria prescribed by regulation; and
(d) the certifier believes on reasonable grounds that the building,
or the part of the building, in or on which the existing building
work was carried out is suitable for occupation.