Building Act 2016
132Determining application for certificate of likely compliance (permit building work)
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132 Determining application for certificate of likely compliance (permit building work)
(1) Before determining an application for a certificate of likely compliance (permit building work), the building surveyor is to take into account the following matters:
(a) any information or documents provided with the application;
(b) if a required report has been provided under section 131 in respect of the application, the required report;
(ba) [Section 132 Subsection (1) amended by No. 39 of 2018, s. 18, Applied:01 Jan 2017] if the premises where the work is performed includes a special-use building that is regulated under this Act by a function control authority in its capacity as a function control authority, any recommendation of the function control authority made in respect of the premises under section 132A ;
(c) any relevant requirements of this Act or of a permit, consent or authority in force under any other Act in respect of the premises where the proposed work is to be performed;
(d) any other matter that the Director of Building Control determines to be relevant to an application under this Subdivision;
(e) any other matter that the building surveyor considers relevant.
(1A) [Section 132 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 39 of 2018, s. 18, Applied:01 Jan 2017] If the application for a certificate of likely compliance (permit building work) relates to building work that includes a proposed performance solution, the building surveyor is to also require the applicant to provide one or more of the following:
(a) assessments of the proposed performance solution as set out in the requirement;
(b) information in relation to the qualification of persons who have provided the applicant with the information referred to in paragraph (a) ;
(c) information in relation to the design or suitability of the proposed performance solution.
(1B) If an applicant fails to comply with a requirement of within the period specified in the requirement, the application for a certificate of likely compliance (permit building work) is taken to lapse on the expiry of that period.