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Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991
sec.74AMDuty to notify notifiable incident
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### sec.74AM Duty to notify notifiable incident
This section applies if—
a building product is a non-conforming building product for an intended use; and
a person in the chain of responsibility for the building product becomes aware, or reasonably suspects, that a notifiable incident was or may have been caused by the use of the building product for the intended use.
As soon as practicable but within 2 days after becoming aware or reasonably suspecting, the person must give the commission notice of the notifiable incident in the approved form, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
s 74AM ins 2017 No. 29 s 11
(sec.74AM-ssec.1) This section applies if— a building product is a non-conforming building product for an intended use; and a person in the chain of responsibility for the building product becomes aware, or reasonably suspects, that a notifiable incident was or may have been caused by the use of the building product for the intended use.
(sec.74AM-ssec.2) As soon as practicable but within 2 days after becoming aware or reasonably suspecting, the person must give the commission notice of the notifiable incident in the approved form, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
- (a) a building product is a non-conforming building product for an intended use; and
- (b) a person in the chain of responsibility for the building product becomes aware, or reasonably suspects, that a notifiable incident was or may have been caused by the use of the building product for the intended use.