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Local Government Act 1993
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#### 102 Insurance for residential building work
102 Insurance for residential building work
> > (1) This section applies if the council approves (whether or not subject to conditions) of the doing of any residential building work (within the meaning of the [Home Building Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-147)) other than work by an owner-builder.
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> > (2) The council must not forward or deliver to the applicant or any other person a copy of the plans and specifications submitted to it with the application unless—
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> > > (a) it is satisfied that the builder or other person who is to do the residential building work has complied with the applicable requirements of Part 6 of the [Home Building Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-147), and
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> > > (b) it has endorsed on the copy that it is so satisfied.
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> > (3) Even though the council has approved of the doing of any such work, the approval has no effect unless the council has so endorsed a copy of the plans and specifications and forwarded or delivered the copy to the applicant after that approval was given.
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> > (4) If the builder or person who is to do the residential building work is not known when the work is approved by the council, subsections (2) and (3) do not apply and subsection (5) applies instead.
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> > (5) The council must grant the approval subject to a condition that the builder or person who does the residential building work complies with the applicable requirements of Part 6 of the [Home Building Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-147).
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> **s 102:** Am 1996 No 69, Sch 4 \[1\]. Subst 1996 No 122, Sch 7.9 \[1\].