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32AApplication for approved plans amendment—certifier
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32A Application for approved plans amendment—certifier
may require further information
(a) the owner of a parcel of land (the applicant) has applied to a
certifier under section 31 to approve amended plans; and
(b) further information is required for the certifier to be able to
decide the application without personally inspecting the land
where the building work is being, or is to be, carried out; and
(2) The certifier may, by written notice, ask the applicant to give the
certifier stated further information in relation to the application if the
certifier believes on reasonable grounds that the information will help
the certifier to decide the application without personally inspecting
the land where the building work is being, or is to be, carried out.
(3) To remove any doubt, this section does not entitle a certifier to
require—
(a) photographs to be taken by someone other than the applicant; or
(b) photographs to be taken using equipment of the applicant’s
choice at or near ground level; or
(i) the certifier has, or has reasonable access to, suitable
information that allows the certifier to decide the
application without personally inspecting the land where
the building work is to be carried out; or
(ii) a territory law requires the certifier to personally obtain or
be given the information.
Note For examples of suitable information a certifier has or has reasonable
access to, see s 26A (Applications for building approval—certifier may
require further information).
(4) For this section, a certifier that is a partnership inspects land