Home Building Act 1989
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29 Definitions
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(1) In this Act—
dual occupancy and secondary dwelling have the same meanings as in the principal local environmental planning instrument prescribed by the Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006.
owner-builder work means residential building work—
(a) the reasonable market cost of the labour and materials involved in which exceeds the prescribed amount, and
(b) that relates to a single dwelling-house, dual occupancy or secondary dwelling—
(i) that may not be carried out on the land concerned except with development consent under Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, or
(ii) that is complying development within the meaning of that Act.
(2) If land is owned by a company that is wholly owned by individuals, the land is to be taken (for the purposes of this Division) to be owned by those individuals.
(3) In this Division, a reference to an owner of land includes a reference to a person who has a prescribed interest in the land.
s 29: Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1.10 [2]; 1998 No 120, Sch 1.22 [3]; 2002 No 28, Sch 4.6 [10]; 2014 No 24, Sch 1 [41]–[43].