Building (Approvals and Practitioners) Act 2026
32Applications for completion approval—general
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32 Applications for completion approval—general
32 Applications for completion approval—general
(1) An application for a completion approval may be made by—
(a) the owner of the land, or
(b) another person with the consent of the owner.
(2) The application must not be made by a person who carried out the building work to which the application relates, unless the person is the owner of the land.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—300 penalty units, or
(b) otherwise—1,500 penalty units.
(3) An application for a completion approval may be made for a part of a building—
(a) when the building work or change of building use is completed for the part, and
(b) in the same way an application is made for the whole of a building.
(4) The application must—
(a) be made using the NSW planning portal, and
(b) be accompanied by—
(i) the prescribed fee, and
(ii) the documents prescribed by the regulations, and
(c) comply with additional requirements prescribed by the regulations.