19Applications—building work involving performance solution

19 Applications—building work involving performance solution

19 Applications—building work involving performance solution

(1) This section applies to an application for a building approval for building work involving a performance solution.

(2) The application must also be accompanied by a report that—

(a) is in accordance with the Building Code of Australia, and

(b) contains relevant building work plans and specifications that show and describe the physical elements of the performance solution, if possible, and

(c) if the proposed performance solution relates to a fire safety requirement for a building prescribed by the regulations—is developed following consultation with the Fire Commissioner, and

(d) complies with other requirements prescribed by the regulations.

(3) If the performance solution is a higher-risk performance solution, the report must—

(a) be prepared by a registration holder whose registration authorises the holder to prepare the report, and

(b) be certified by a declaration (a performance solution report compliance declaration) that—

(i) is made by a registration holder—

(A) who prepared the report, and

(B) whose registration authorises the holder to make the declaration, and

(ii) states that—

(A) the report complies with the requirements of this section, and

(B) the performance solution complies with the Building Code of Australia, and

(C) building work carried out in accordance with the report will comply with the Building Code of Australia, and

(iii) includes anything else required by the regulations.

(4) In this section—

higher-risk performance solution means a performance solution prescribed by the regulations as a higher-risk performance solution.