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#### 16 Lodgment on NSW planning portal before building work commences
16 Lodgment on NSW planning portal before building work commences
> > (1) For the Act, section 107(2)(e), a building practitioner must do the following—
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> > > (a) if more than 1 construction certificate is to be issued for building work—before commencing building work relating to a construction certificate, provide the required documents for the building work to which the construction certificate relates to the Secretary in the approved way,
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> > > (b) otherwise—provide the required documents to the Secretary in the approved way before commencing building work.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) for a body corporate—200 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) for an individual—100 penalty units.
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> > (2) A registered building practitioner satisfies the practitioner’s obligation to provide the required documents if—
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> > > (a) the practitioner gives written authorisation for the required documents to be provided on the practitioner’s behalf by an appropriate practitioner in connection with the building work, and
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> > > (b) the appropriate practitioner who is authorised provides the required documents to the Secretary in accordance with this clause.
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> > (3) In this clause—
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> > appropriate practitioner in connection with building work means—
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> > > (a) if a registered principal design practitioner is appointed for the building work—the registered principal design practitioner, or
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> > > (b) the registered design practitioner for the building work.
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> > required documents means the following—
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> > > (a) copies of the construction issued regulated designs for the building work,
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> > > (b) copies of the design compliance declarations, made by a suitably authorised registered design practitioner, for each of the construction issued regulated designs,
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> > > (c) if a registered principal design practitioner is appointed for the building work—a principal compliance declaration, made by a suitably authorised registered principal design practitioner, for the construction issued regulated designs.
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> **cl 16:** Am 2022 (783), Sch 1\[4\]–\[7\].