Building Act 2016
183Determining application for certificate of likely compliance (permit demolition work)
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183 Determining application for certificate of likely compliance (permit demolition work)
(1) Before determining an application for a certificate of likely compliance (permit demolition 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 182 in respect of the application, the required report;
(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.
(2) If the building surveyor intends to grant an application for a certificate of likely compliance (permit demolition work), the building surveyor is not required to implement anything contained in a required report provided under section 182 in respect of the application.
(3) If the building surveyor intends to grant an application for a certificate of likely compliance (permit demolition work) and does not implement anything contained in a required report provided in respect of the application, the building surveyor is to –
(a) notify the relevant reporting authority of the refusal to implement all, or part, of the required report; and
(b) provide the reporting authority with –
(i) a copy of the certificate of likely compliance (permit demolition work) issued as a result of granting the application; and
(ii) the reasons for not implementing the report.