Div 8Inspection policies

Division 8—Inspection policies 144—Inspection policies (1) The Commission must issue a practice direction that will require councils to carry out inspections of development undertaken in their respective areas. (2) The practice direction may make different provision in relation to different councils (or groups of councils). (3) The Commission must, when preparing (or varying) the practice direction, take into account the following matters (and may take into account other matters): (a) the financial and other resources of councils; (b) the impact that a failure to inspect a certain number of developments over a period of time may have on local communities; (c) the various sizes of the areas of councils and differences in population; (d) the amount of development undertaken in the various areas of the State; (e) the type of development that predominates in the various areas of the State; (f) in relation to building work, building conditions in the various areas of the State; (g) the public interest in ensuring that development is undertaken in accordance with the requirements of this Act. (4) A council must comply with the requirements of the practice direction as they relate to the council.