75Signs on development sites

75 Signs on development sites

75 Signs on development sites

(1) The principal certifier and the principal contractor for building work, subdivision work or demolition work authorised to be carried out on a site by a development consent must ensure a sign that complies with this section is—

(a) erected in a prominent position on the site before the commencement of the work, and

(b) maintained at all times while the work is being carried out and while the person remains the principal certifier or principal contractor, and

(c) removed when the work has been completed.

Maximum penalty (subsection (1))—55 penalty units.

(2) The sign must be rigid and durable and show the following information—

(a) the name, address and telephone number of the principal certifier, and

(b) if there is a principal contractor—the principal contractor’s name and address and a telephone number on which the principal contractor may be contacted outside working hours.

(3) The information required under subsection (2) must be able to be read easily by a person on a public road or in another public place adjacent to the site.

(4) This section does not—

(a) require the erection of more than one sign on a site, or

(b) prevent the use of an appropriate sign that has already been erected on a site.