61Critical stage inspections for building work

61 Critical stage inspections for building work

61 Critical stage inspections for building work

(1) The person having the benefit of a development consent must ensure that building work to which the development consent relates is inspected as required by this section (the critical stage inspections).

Maximum penalty (subsection (1))—

(a) for a corporation—300 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—150 penalty units.

(2) The building work for a class 1 or 10 building must be inspected on the following occasions—

(a) after excavation for, and before the placement of, a footing,

(b) before pouring an in-situ reinforced concrete building element,

(c) before covering the framework for a floor, wall, roof or other building element,

(d) before covering waterproofing in a wet area,

(e) before covering stormwater drainage connections,

(f) after the building work is completed and before an occupation certificate is issued for the building (the final critical stage inspection).

(3) The building work for a class 2, 3 or 4 building must be inspected on the following occasions—

(a) after excavation for, and before the placement of, the first footing,

(b) before covering fire protection at service penetrations to building elements that are required to resist internal fire or smoke spread,

(c) before covering the junction of an internal fire-resisting construction bounding a sole-occupancy unit and another building element that is required to resist internal fire spread,

(d) before covering waterproofing in a wet area, for at least 10% of rooms with a wet area in the building,

(e) before covering stormwater drainage connections,

(f) after the building work is completed and before an occupation certificate is issued for the building (the final critical stage inspection).

(4) The building work for a class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building must be inspected on the following occasions—