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Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2021
28BCircumstances in which authority to install ground anchor must be provided
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#### 28B Circumstances in which authority to install ground anchor must be provided
28B Circumstances in which authority to install ground anchor must be provided
> > (1) For the purposes of the Act, section 107(2)(d), a building practitioner must give the Secretary a ground anchor installation right document if the practitioner proposes to carry out building work involving an encroaching ground anchor.
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> > (2) If the ground anchor is a temporary encroaching ground anchor the building practitioner must also give the Secretary a document detailing—
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> > > (a) the process for destressing the temporary encroaching ground anchor, and
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> > > (b) the time the destressing will occur.
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> > (3) If the ground anchor is a removable encroaching ground anchor the building practitioner must also give the Secretary a document detailing—
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> > > (a) the process for the removal of the removable reinforcement tendon, and
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> > > (b) the time the removal will occur.
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> > (4) The documents must be given—
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> > > (a) before the building work commences, and
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> > > (b) in the approved way.
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> Maximum penalty for subclauses (1)–(3)—
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> > (a) for a body corporate—200 penalty units, or
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> > (b) otherwise—100 penalty units.
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> **cl 28B:** Ins 2022 (62), Sch 1\[3\].