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18A Notice to Development Victoria of application
S. 18A(1)(a) amended by No. 10/2017 s. 31(2).
(a) an application for a building permit relates to the carrying out of building work on land in a project area within the meaning of the **Development Victoria Act 2003**; and
(b) a resolution is in force under Division 5A of Part 3 of that Act levying a general development charge or an infrastructure recovery charge in respect of that project area.
(2) The relevant building surveyor must without delay—
S. 18A(2)(a) amended by Nos 35/2011 s. 17(1), 10/2017 s. 31(3).
(a) notify Development Victoria in writing of—
(i) the application; and
S. 18A(2)(a)(ii) amended by No. 34/2013 s. 19(1)(a), substituted by No. 48/2025 s. 64(1).
(ii) the cost of the building work (calculated under Subdivision 4 of Division 2 of Part 12); and
S. 18A(2)(a)(iii) amended by Nos 34/2013 s. 19(1)(b), 21/2017 s. 59(1).
(iii) any refusal of the application under section 205HA; and
S. 18A(2)(a)(iv) substituted by No. 48/2025 s. 64(2).
(iv) any decision of the Building Appeals Board relating to the cost of the building work; and
S. 18A(2)(b) amended by Nos 35/2011 s. 17(1), 10/2017 s. 31(3).
(b) provide Development Victoria with a copy of any relevant planning permit that authorises both the construction of the buildings to which the building work relates and a subdivision of the land on which the building work is to be carried out.
S. 18B inserted by No. 23/2010 s. 14.