28BCircumstances in which authority to install ground anchor must be provided

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.

(2) If the ground anchor is a temporary encroaching ground anchor the building practitioner must also give the Secretary a document detailing—

(a) the process for destressing the temporary encroaching ground anchor, and

(b) the time the destressing will occur.

(3) If the ground anchor is a removable encroaching ground anchor the building practitioner must also give the Secretary a document detailing—

(a) the process for the removal of the removable reinforcement tendon, and

(b) the time the removal will occur.

(4) The documents must be given—

(a) before the building work commences, and

(b) in the approved way.

Maximum penalty for subclauses (1)–(3)—

(a) for a body corporate—200 penalty units, or

(b) otherwise—100 penalty units.

cl 28B: Ins 2022 (62), Sch 1[3].