16Lodgment on NSW planning portal before building work commences

#### 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— > > > > > (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, > > > > > (b) otherwise—provide the required documents to the Secretary in the approved way before commencing building work. > > > > Maximum penalty— > > > > > (a) for a body corporate—200 penalty units, or > > > > > (b) for an individual—100 penalty units. > > > (2) A registered building practitioner satisfies the practitioner’s obligation to provide the required documents if— > > > > > (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 > > > > > (b) the appropriate practitioner who is authorised provides the required documents to the Secretary in accordance with this clause. > > > (3) In this clause— > > > > appropriate practitioner in connection with building work means— > > > > > (a) if a registered principal design practitioner is appointed for the building work—the registered principal design practitioner, or > > > > > (b) the registered design practitioner for the building work. > > > > required documents means the following— > > > > > (a) copies of the construction issued regulated designs for the building work, > > > > > (b) copies of the design compliance declarations, made by a suitably authorised registered design practitioner, for each of the construction issued regulated designs, > > > > > (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. > > **cl 16:** Am 2022 (783), Sch 1\[4\]–\[7\].