27Authorisation after building work commences

27 Authorisation after building work commences

27 Authorisation after building work commences

(1) Despite section 26, the decision-maker may authorise an approval authority to issue or vary a building approval after building work has commenced (a post-commencement authorisation).

(2) The post-commencement authorisation may require that conditions and other matters be included in the building approval or the building approval as varied.

(3) The post-commencement authorisation may be given subject to conditions, including a condition requiring rectification work to be carried out before the authorisation has effect.

(4) The regulations may make provision about post-commencement authorisations, including by—

(a) setting out how an application for an authorisation must be made, including by specifying the information that must accompany the application, and

(b) specifying the matters that must be considered by the decision-maker in deciding whether to give an authorisation, and

(c) setting out the time in which the decision-maker must make a decision, and

(d) specifying the rights of review for an applicant whose authorisation is refused or given subject to conditions, and

(e) modifying the application of this part in relation to the issuing or varying of a building approval in accordance with an authorisation.

(5) In this section—

decision-maker means—

(a) the Secretary, or

(b) another person or body prescribed by the regulations.