Building (Approvals and Practitioners) Act 2026
48Prefabricated building declaration
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48 Prefabricated building declaration
48 Prefabricated building declaration
(1) In this Act, a prefabricated building declaration, for a prefabricated building, means a declaration—
(a) made by a person who—
(i) is a manufacturer of the prefabricated building, and
(ii) if the regulations prescribe additional requirements—satisfies the additional requirements, and
(b) that is in an approved form, and
(c) that declares that the prefabricated building—
(i) complies with the requirements of the Building Code of Australia, and
(ii) if the regulations prescribe additional requirements—complies with the additional requirements, and
(d) that includes other matters required to be included by the regulations.
(2) A person who carries out building work involving a prefabricated building is able to reasonably rely on the prefabricated building declaration for the building to be satisfied of the matters to which the declaration relates.