4Meaning of “developer”

4 Meaning of “developer”

4 Meaning of “developer”

For the purposes of this Act, a developer, in relation to building work, means any of the following persons, but does not include any person excluded from this definition by the regulations—

(a) the person who contracted or arranged for, or facilitated or otherwise caused, (whether directly or indirectly) the building work to be carried out,

(b) if the building work is the erection or construction of a building or part of a building—the owner of the land on which the building work is carried out at the time the building work is carried out,

(c) the principal contractor for the building work within the meaning of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979,

(d) in relation to building work for a strata scheme—the developer of the strata scheme within the meaning of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015,

(e) any other person prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.