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Building Act 2004
14BExemption assessments and notices
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14B Exemption assessments and notices
(a) the owner of a parcel of land applies to a building surveyor for
an exemption assessment under section 14; and
(b) the building surveyor agrees to provide the exemption
assessment.
(2) The building surveyor must—
(a) undertake the exemption assessment; and
(b) issue a notice (an exemption assessment B notice) stating—
(i) if any building work is exempt from all or part of this Act—
(A) the building work that is exempt; and
(B) the provisions of this Act that the building work is
exempt from and why; and
Note For building work that is completed, see also s (4).
(ii) any building work that is not exempt from any part of this
Act; and
(iii) anything else prescribed by regulation; and
Note The building surveyor may refuse to issue a notice if the building
surveyor does not have enough information (see s 14E).
(c) give the exemption assessment B notice to the owner; and
(d) within 5 days after the day the building surveyor issues the
notice—give a copy of the notice to the construction
occupations registrar.
(3) A regulation may prescribe—
(a) any document that must be attached to the exemption
assessment B notice; and
(b) information required to be shown in the document.
(4) If the building work that is the subject of the application has been
completed and the building surveyor certifies that the building work
is exempt because the building work was exempt when carried out,
the exemption assessment B notice must also include the dates on
which the building surveyor has based the assessment that the
building work was exempt.
(5) If, after taking reasonable steps, the owner cannot find a building
surveyor who will agree to provide an exemption assessment, the
owner may apply to the construction occupations registrar to appoint
a building surveyor to undertake the exemption assessment and issue
an exemption assessment B notice to the owner.