51Requests for information from relevant council

51 Requests for information from relevant council

(1) Any person may request the relevant council to provide in relation to any building or land—

(a) details of any permit or certificate of final inspection issued in the preceding 10 years; and

(b) details of any current determination made under regulation 64(1) or exemption granted under regulation 231(2); and

(c) details of any current notice or order issued by the relevant building surveyor under the Act.

(2) Any person may request the relevant council to provide in relation to any building or land details as to whether the building or land is—

(a) in an area that is liable to flooding within the meaning of regulation 5(2); or

(b) in an area that is designated under regulation 150 as an area in which buildings are likely to be subject to attack by termites; or

(c) in an area for which a bushfire attack level has been specified in a planning scheme; or

Reg. 51(2)(d) amended by S.R. No. 40/2019 reg. 9.

(d) in an area designated under regulation 152 as likely to be subject to significant snowfalls; or

(e) designated land; or

(f) designated works.

(3) An owner or mortgagee of a building or land, or a prescribed building practitioner reporting on a building under section 137B of the Act, may request the relevant council to provide the approved dates of the inspections carried out of the mandatory notification stages of building work carried out on the building or land.