Building (Approvals and Practitioners) Act 2026
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82 Regulations
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Regulations may be made about the following—
(a) approvals under this part, including—
(i) applications for approvals, including varying and withdrawing applications, and
(ii) the form of approvals, and
(iii) the lodging of approvals and related documents,
(b) designs referred to in this part and declarations, including the following—
(i) varying designs and declarations,
(ii) the keeping of records,
(iii) the giving of information to the Secretary,
(iv) the lodging of documents,
(c) compliance declarations, prefabricated building declarations and prefabricated building instructions, including by authorising the Secretary to approve the form of the documents,
(d) inspections of building work and work carried out on prefabricated buildings, including the following—
(i) specifying the stages at which inspections are required (mandatory inspections),
(ii) requiring persons to ensure mandatory inspections are carried out,
(iii) setting out what must happen if a mandatory inspection is not carried out,
(iv) prohibiting further work if an approval authority is not satisfied following a mandatory inspection,
(v) authorising persons who may carry out inspections for an approval authority,
(e) fire safety, including about the following—
(i) fire safety measures,
(ii) fire safety schedules,
(iii) the referral of applications for approvals and other matters to the Fire Commissioner,
(iv) the issue of fire safety certificates,
(v) maintaining fire safety measures in buildings,
(vi) the persons who are able to assess fire safety measures,