55Administration of Building Act 1993

55 Administration of Building Act 1993

(1) Despite anything to the contrary in the Building Act 1993, the Minister may by Order declare that the administration and enforcement in relation to all or part of the project area of any of the provisions of that Act and the regulations made under that Act is to be carried out—

(a) by a person specified by the Minister; and

(b) in accordance with the directions of the Minister.

(2) An Order under subsection (1) must be published in the Government Gazette.

(3) The Building Act 1993 and the regulations made under that Act apply for the purposes of this section as if any reference to a council, municipal building surveyor or relevant building surveyor were a reference to the person specified in the Order under this section.

(4) If, because of an Order under this section, a person (in this subsection called "the old person") ceases to have the functions of a council, municipal building surveyor or relevant building surveyor under the Building Act 1993 or the regulations made under that Act for the purposes of this section and another person (in this subsection called "the new person") specified in that Order acquires those functions—

(a) anything of a continuing nature done or commenced by or in relation to the old person in relation to those functions may be done, or completed by or in relation to the new person; and

(b) the old person must give to the new person any document held by the old person that is relevant to anything done by the old person in relation to those functions; and

(c) anything done by or in relation to the old person in relation to those functions that concerns a matter of a continuing nature has effect as if done by or in relation to the new person.

(5) In this section function includes power, discretion, authority and duty.