SCHEDULE 8 - Savings and TransSCHEDULE 8 - Savings and Transitional Provisions – Building and Construction (Regulatory Reform Amendments) Act 2020

# SCHEDULE 8 - Savings and Trans SCHEDULE 8 - Savings and Transitional Provisions – Building and Construction (Regulatory Reform Amendments) Act 2020 [*\[Schedule 8 Inserted by No. 16 of 2020, s. 11, Applied:30 Nov 2020\]*](/view/html/inforce/2020-11-30/act-2020-016#GS11@EN) > **1.   **Application of amendments**** > > > > (1) In this clause – > > > > > > > ***amending Act*** means the [Building and Construction (Regulatory Reform Amendments) Act 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2020-016) . > > > > > (2) [Section 51A](#GS51A@EN) , as inserted by a provision of the amending Act, does not apply in relation to an application for a permit that has been lodged, or that a person has attempted to lodge, with a planning authority before the day on which the provision of the amending Act commences. > > > > > (3) The amendment to [section 54(3)](#GS54@Gs3@EN) made by a provision of the amending Act does not apply in relation to additional information that is received under [section 54(1)](#GS54@Gs1@EN) before the day on which the provision of the amending Act commences. > > > > > (4) [Section 56(1A)](#GS56@Gs1A@EN) , as inserted by a provision of the amending Act, applies in relation to a request for an amendment to a permit – > > > > > > > > (a) that has been received under [section 56(1)](#GS56@Gs1@EN) ; and > > > > > > > > > (b) that has not been determined by the day on which the provision of the amending Act commences – > > > > > > as if the reference in [section 56(1A)](#GS56@Gs1A@EN) to the 28-day period after the request was received were a reference to a 28-day period beginning on the day on which the provision of the amending Act commences. > > > > > (5) [Section 56AA](#GS56AA@EN) , as inserted by a provision of the amending Act, does not apply in relation to an application for an amendment of a permit that has been lodged, or that a person has attempted to lodge, with a planning authority before the day on which the provision of the amending Act commences.