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Home Building Act 1989
44Return of cancelled or varied authority
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#### 44 Return of cancelled or varied authority
44 Return of cancelled or varied authority
> > (1) Immediately after an authority is cancelled or the Secretary either varies the authority it confers or imposes a condition on it by service of a notice, the person to whom it was issued must—
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> > > (a) lodge the authority with the Secretary, or
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> > > (b) if unable to lodge the authority with the Secretary, lodge with the Secretary a statement signed by the person and providing accurate and complete details of why the authority cannot be lodged.
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> > Maximum penalty—40 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 20 penalty units in any other case.
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> > (2) When subsection (1) has been complied with by a person because of a variation or the imposition of a condition, the Secretary must issue an appropriate replacement authority to the person for the residue of the term of the former authority.
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> > (3) When an authority that has not been cancelled is lodged under this section, the Secretary is to cancel the authority.
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> **s 44:** Am 1996 No 122, Sch 5 \[9\] \[10\] \[13\] \[14\]; 2001 No 51, Sch 8 \[22\]; 2004 No 101, Sch 4 \[3\]; 2014 No 24, Sch 1 \[54\].