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25AOverview—div 3.3
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25A Overview—div 3.3
(1) This division deals with building approvals for building work carried
out on land and how the owner of the land may apply for building
(2) Section 27 to section 30A affect the issue of building approvals as
follows:
(a) section 27 provides that a certifier must not consider an
application for building approval unless, among other things, the
accompanying plans comply with the requirements prescribed
by regulation;
(b) section 28 provides that an application for building approval
must be approved if the plans meet each approval requirement
under section 29, and deals with how the approval is given;
(c) section 28A sets out how a building approval is marked on
plans;
(d) section 29 sets out the approval requirements for the plans;
(e) section 30 and section 30A set out when an application for
building approval must be refused.
25AA Meaning of site work notice—div 3.3
site work notice means a notice issued by a certifier under
section 28 (1A)—
(a) stating—
(i) that the plans for the building work to which the
application for building approval relates show all the
information necessary to establish that site work to which
the building work relates is exempt development under the
Planning Act 2023, section 145; and
(ii) that the site work is exempt development; and
(iii) the certifier’s reasons for assessing that the site work is
exempt development; and
(b) including any document or information prescribed by
regulation.