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#### 131A Pattern Book development
131A Pattern Book development
> > (1) This section applies to an application for a complying development certificate for development under [State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2008-0572), Part 3BA.
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> > (2) An application to which this section applies must contain a written statement from an accredited designer stating—
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> > > (a) which of the following types of development the application relates to—
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> > > > (i) development for the purposes of dual occupancies,
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> > > > (ii) development for the purposes of manor houses,
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> > > > (iii) development for the purposes of multi dwelling housing,
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> > > > (iv) development for the purposes of multi dwelling housing (terraces), and
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> > > (b) the pattern selected for that type of development, and
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> > > (c) that the proposed development will comply with the development standards, location requirements, technical drawing set and technical information specified in that pattern.
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > accredited designer means—
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> > > (a) a qualified designer, or
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> > > (b) a person accredited as a building designer by the Building Designers Association of Australia.
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> > pattern has the same meaning as in [State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2008-0572), Part 3BA.
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> **s 131A:** Ins 2025 (354), Sch 1\[2\].