24Issue of approval

24 Issue of approval

24 Issue of approval

(1) The approval authority must, when issuing a building approval for building work—

(a) issue the approval in an approved form, and

(b) specify in the approval what the classification of the building will be following the completion of the building work, and

Note—

The Building Code of Australia allows for different parts of a building to have different classifications.

(c) include the following—

(i) the documents, including designs and declarations, relied on by the approval authority to issue the approval,

(ii) a document setting out the nature and timing of the inspections required to be carried out by the approval authority in relation to the building work,

(iii) for building work involving a building other than a class 1a building, a class 10 building or a temporary structure—a fire safety schedule for the building, and

(d) for an approval for a stage of staged building work—

(i) include the staging schedule for the building work, and

(ii) specify in the approval the stage to which the approval relates by reference to the staging schedule.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—300 penalty units, or

(b) otherwise—1,500 penalty units.

(2) An earlier fire safety schedule is superseded by a later fire safety schedule and ceases to have effect when the later fire safety schedule is issued.

(3) The regulations may—

(a) impose conditions on building approvals, and

(b) specify circumstances in which a building approval for the first stage of staged building work does not require a fire safety schedule.