Building Act 2016
98Certificate of likely compliance (notifiable building work)
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98 Certificate of likely compliance (notifiable building work)
(1) On receipt of a notice of work under section 97 , a building surveyor is to take into account each of the following matters in relation to the proposed notifiable building work specified in the notice of work:
(a) whether the work is entirely within the definition of notifiable building work;
(b) the protection work that has been, or is to be, performed in respect of the work;
(c) any documents provided to the building surveyor with the notice of work;
(ca) [Section 98 Subsection (1) amended by No. 39 of 2018, s. 10, 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 98A ;
(d) any further information requested under subsection (2) ;
(e) any other permits, consents, or orders, in place or required under any Act in respect of the proposed work or the premises where the work is to be performed;
(f) any documents relied on by the designer of the work;
(g) any other prescribed matter.
(2) A building surveyor may request further information in respect of a notice of work.
(3) After taking into account the matters specified in subsection (1) in respect of notifiable building work, a building surveyor may issue a certificate of likely compliance (notifiable building work) if satisfied that –
(a) the work is not permit building work; and
(b) in the opinion of the building surveyor, all appropriate protection work has been performed in respect of the notifiable building work; and
(c) the work is likely to comply with this Act.