Environmental Planning and Assessment (Development Certification and Fire Safety) Regulation 2021
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7 Application for construction certificate
(1) An application for a construction certificate must—
(a) be in the approved form, and
(b) include all the information and documents specified in the approved form or required by the Act or this Regulation, and
(c) be lodged on the NSW planning portal.
(2) The application may only be made by a person who is eligible to appoint a principal certifier for the development.
(3) The certifier for the development must notify the applicant through the NSW planning portal that the application has been lodged.
Maximum penalty (subsection (3))—
(a) for a corporation—150 penalty units, or
(b) for an individual—75 penalty units.