Building Act 2016
203Certificate of completion (permit demolition work)
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203 Certificate of completion (permit demolition work)
(1) A person may apply to the relevant permit authority for a certificate of completion (permit demolition work) in respect of completed permit demolition work.
(2) An application under subsection (1) –
(a) is to be in an approved form; and
(b) must include a copy of each of the following certificates issued in respect of the permit demolition work:
(i) the certificate of final inspection (demolition);
(ii) [Section 203 Subsection (2) amended by No. 39 of 2018, s. 34, Applied:01 Jan 2017] the standard of work certificate (permit demolition work).
(c) [Section 203 Subsection (2) amended by No. 39 of 2018, s. 34, Applied:01 Jan 2017] . . . . . . . .
(3) On receipt of an application under subsection (1) , a permit authority may issue a certificate of completion (permit demolition work) if satisfied that –
(a) all the conditions of the relevant demolition permit have been complied with; and
(b) the certificate of final inspection (demolition) has been issued in respect of the permit demolition work; and
(c) if required under the Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008 , a certificate of water and sewerage compliance (building) has been issued under section 56TD of that Act in relation to the permit demolition work.
(4) [Section 203 Subsection (4) inserted by No. 39 of 2018, s. 34, Applied:01 Jan 2017] A permit authority may accept an application for, and issue, a certificate of completion (permit demolition work) under this section in respect of permit demolition work that has not had a standard of work certificate (permit demolition work) issued in respect of it as required under this section, if –