47Certifier may request engineer’s certificate

47 Certifier may request engineer’s certificate (1) The owner of a parcel of land where building work is being, or has been, carried out must, if required by the certifier, give the certifier a certificate by an engineer about either of the following: (a) the structural sufficiency, soundness and stability of the building as erected or altered for the purposes for which the building is to be occupied or used; (b) matters relating to the health, safety and amenity of the building that may affect whether the building, as erected or altered for the purposes for which the building is to be occupied or used, is fit for occupation or use. (2) For subsection (1), the engineer must be— (a) an engineer in the field for which the engineer is giving the certificate; and (b) if the engineer is required to be registered as a professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 2023— a professional engineer. Examples—par (a) 1 An engineer giving a certificate about a matter mentioned in s 47 (1) (a) must be a structural engineer. 2 An engineer giving a certificate about a matter mentioned in s 47 (1) (b) that relates to fire protection and safety must be a fire engineer. (3) The certifier may request a certificate only if satisfied on reasonable grounds that it is desirable to do so in the interests of people who occupy or use, or are likely to occupy or use, the building or part of the building that is being, or has been, erected or altered. (4) The certifier may request a certificate at any time before or after the completion of building work.

Completion of building work Division 3.6 professional engineer—see the Professional Engineers Act 2023, section 7.