53Requirements for issue of complying development certificates

53 Requirements for issue of complying development certificates

53 Requirements for issue of complying development certificates

(1) An approval authority must not issue a complying development certificate for complying development involving building work unless satisfied that—

(a) the building work will comply with the Building Code of Australia as in force on the day the application for the complying development certificate was made, and

(b) for building work involving a building element for a prescribed building—the application for the certificate is accompanied by the documents required to accompany an application to which section 18 applies, and

(c) for building work involving a performance solution—the application for the certificate is accompanied by the documents required to accompany an application to which section 19 applies.

(2) An approval authority must include the following with a complying development certificate for building work or a change of building use for which a completion approval is required—

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

(b) for building work or a change of building use involving a building other than a class 1a building, a class 10 building or a temporary structure—a fire safety schedule for the building.

(3) The regulations may prescribe additional requirements for complying development certificates for complying development involving building work or a change of building use.